mySQL setup - I'm losing it here

Newbie here (who else.) I feel confident I can excel in the actual
programming of rails apps. But all the tutorials just glaze over mySQL
which seems to me, by far, the most problematic area for new users.

I have tried a ton of different things here. I know mySQL is installed
and running in one place or another. I don’t know how to tell my rails
app with the hell to do about it. I do have the “Welcome Aboard” screen
showing at localhost:3000 with the following details:

Ruby version    1.8.6 (i686-darwin8.9.1)
RubyGems version    0.9.2
Rails version    1.2.3
Active Record version    1.15.3
Action Pack version    1.13.3
Action Web Service version    1.2.3
Action Mailer version    1.3.3
Active Support version    1.4.2
Application root    /Users/rmorourk/Sites/depot
Environment    development
Database adapter    mysql

When I try to do something with the database here is what I run into.

bio4054059:depot rmorourk$ rake  db:migrate
(in /Users/rmorourk/Sites/depot)
rake aborted!
Unknown database 'depot_development'

The development portion of my database.yml file looks like this:

development:
  adapter: mysql
  database: depot_development
  username: root
  password: root
  host: localhost
  socket: /Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock

I added the socket line after I installed MAMP as per a tutorial… But
when I am in the terminal and I want to do something with the database,
like;

bio4054059:depot rmorourk$ mysql -uroot depot_development
-bash: mysql: command not found

I get the error on the second line — any advise? I assume this has to
be a issue of im not telling something to look in the right somewhere,
but I am about ready to put my fist in the wall on this thing. I would
LOVE some advise!

Thanks!!

Hello Ryan,

          Make sure you have only one mysql in ur machine and

there is database with name ‘depot_development’ and try again.

Thanks,
Sadeesh.

On Dec 20, 12:19 am, Ryan O. [email protected]

Hello Ryan,

bio4054059:depot rmorourk$ mysql -uroot depot_development
-bash: mysql: command not found

“command not found” is your shell telling you that whatever directory
you have installed mysql in to is not on your search path.

If you type “print $PATH” you will see a colon separated ordered list
of directories that are searched for executable commands. To
temporarily extend the list just type: set PATH=MYSQLHOME:$PATH where
MYSQLHOME is the full path to the directory containing mysql
executable. i.e. MSQLHOME might be /usr/local/mysql/bin. You should
then be able to execute the mysql -uroot… command.

Once you have success with this, you should modify your shell startup
file to make the PATH change permanent. Depending on what shell you
use this could be .profile, .cshrc, .tshrc, …

Rick

On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 11:19 AM, Ryan O.
[email protected] wrote:

I have tried a ton of different things here. I know mySQL is installed
and running in one place or another. I don’t know how to tell my rails
app with the hell to do about it. I
When I try to do something with the database here is what I run into.

bio4054059:depot rmorourk$ rake db:migrate
(in /Users/rmorourk/Sites/depot)
rake aborted!
Unknown database ‘depot_development’

So you haven’t created that database yet. No mystery there. :slight_smile:

when I am in the terminal and I want to do something with the database,
like;

bio4054059:depot rmorourk$ mysql -uroot depot_development
-bash: mysql: command not found

Which simply means MySQL isn’t in your PATH. You need to find
where the MySQL executables are installed and add that directory
to your path. Or create symlinks to, say, /usr/local/bin.

This is just basic *nix stuff.

HTH,

Hassan S. ------------------------ [email protected]

Rick wrote:

Hello Ryan,

� � bio4054059:depot rmorourk$ mysql -uroot depot_development
� � -bash: mysql: command not found

“command not found” is your shell telling you that whatever directory
you have installed mysql in to is not on your search path.

If you type “print $PATH” you will see a colon separated ordered list
of directories that are searched for executable commands. To
temporarily extend the list just type: set PATH=MYSQLHOME:$PATH where
MYSQLHOME is the full path to the directory containing mysql
executable. i.e. MSQLHOME might be /usr/local/mysql/bin. You should
then be able to execute the mysql -uroot… command.

Once you have success with this, you should modify your shell startup
file to make the PATH change permanent. Depending on what shell you
use this could be .profile, .cshrc, .tshrc, …

Rick

Thanks, here is what I tried:

bio4054059:~ rmorourk$ print $PATH
-bash: print: command not found
bio4054059:~ rmorourk$ set PATH=/Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/:$PATH
bio4054059:~ rmorourk$ mysql -uroot
-bash: mysql: command not found

Any ideas? I’m using the default terminal on MAC OS X…

Which simply means MySQL isn’t in your PATH. You need to find
where the MySQL executables are installed and add that directory
to your path. Or create symlinks to, say, /usr/local/bin.

First, how do I add it to my PATH? Second, I used this to install mySQL:
http://www.mamp.info/en/index.php

Not sure if that was necessary/proper.

The install folder for MAMP has this:
/Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/

Which holds two files mysql.pid and mysqp.sock - am I correct in
assuming that those are the executables I need to set my path too?

Symlinks?

Thanks for the help thus far!

How did you install mysql?

If you used port then its mysql5 not mysql which is the command to
open the mysql client…

If you are trying to install mysql using anything other than
macports… dont’t… I recommend that you go to macports.org site and
download the latest version…

On Dec 19, 12:02 pm, Ryan O. [email protected]

On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 12:02 PM, Ryan O.
[email protected] wrote:

First, how do I add it to my PATH? Second, I used this to install mySQL:
http://www.mamp.info/en/index.php

Not sure if that was necessary/proper.

Definitely not necessary, but whatever – let’s assume it worked
for the moment :slight_smile:

The install folder for MAMP has this:
/Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/

Which holds two files mysql.pid and mysqp.sock - am I correct in
assuming that those are the executables I need to set my path too?

No. The first contains the process id of the mysql server, and the
other is the socket used to communicate with it.

I’d imagine that somewhere under /Applications/MAMP is a directory
with a bunch of files with names starting with mysql. Look around, or
run this from a prompt:

find /Application/MAMP -type f -name ‘mysql*’ -print

Symlinks?

Um, I’d recommend doing a little reading up on general *nix/shell
use. (“symlinks” is short for “symbolic links” – a way to have a file
referenced from a different directory than it’s really located in.)
But we can skip that for now; you just need to find what to add to
your PATH. And Rick already explained that.

Oh, yeah, but it’s echo $PATH, not print.

HTH,

Hassan S. ------------------------ [email protected]

sorry that’s

http://my.safaribooksonline.com/9780321606709/app01lev1sec3?portal=oreilly

Try

/Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysql -u root

http://my.safaribooksonline.com/9780321606709/app01lev1sec3?portal=oreilly

good luck!
Tim

On Dec 19, 11:19 am, Ryan O. [email protected]

sorry thats

http://www.google.com/url?sa=U&start=6&q=http://my.safaribooksonline.com/9780321606709/app01lev1sec3%3Fportal%3Doreilly&ei=yw5MSbGzHJmWsAOm9PCRDQ&sig2=jV-ITmnlJptkowoubvXwtQ&usg=AFQjCNH315zLo_wW_m0Gs3FGh9fr_sr7Rg

I’d imagine that somewhere under /Applications/MAMP is a directory
with a bunch of files with names starting with mysql. Look around, or
run this from a prompt:

So I found the folder (who’s contents I am going to list in my output in
a second) with all the files starting with mysql. It is located here:
Applications/MAMP/Library/bin - Here is what an ls of the dir revealed:

bio4054059:bin rmorourk$ ls
ab mysql_convert_table_format
apachectl mysql_explain_log
apr-config mysql_find_rows
apu-config mysql_fix_extensions
apxs mysql_fix_privilege_tables
autopoint mysql_install_db
checkgid mysql_secure_installation
cjpeg mysql_setpermission
comp_err mysql_tableinfo
curl mysql_tzinfo_to_sql
curl-config mysql_upgrade
dbmmanage mysql_upgrade_shell
djpeg mysql_waitpid
envsubst mysql_zap
envvars mysqlaccess
envvars-std mysqladmin
freetype-config mysqlbinlog
gettext mysqlbug
gettext.sh mysqlcheck
gettextize mysqld_multi
htdbm mysqld_safe
htdigest mysqldump
htpasswd mysqldumpslow
httpd mysqlhotcopy
httxt2dbm mysqlimport
iconv mysqlshow
idn mysqltest
innochecksum mysqltestmanager
jpegtran mysqltestmanager-pwgen
libmcrypt-config mysqltestmanagerc
libpng-config ngettext
libpng12-config perror
libtool rdjpgcom
libtoolize recode-sr-latin
logresolve replace
msgattrib resolve_stack_dump
msgcat resolveip
msgcmp rotatelogs
msgcomm sabcmd
msgconv sablot-config
msgen type1afm
msgexec wrjpgcom
msgfilter xgettext
msgfmt xml2-config
msggrep xmlcatalog
msginit xmllint
msgmerge xslt-config
msgunfmt xsltproc
msguniq yaz-asncomp
msql2mysql yaz-client
my_print_defaults yaz-config
myisam_ftdump yaz-iconv
myisamchk yaz-icu
myisamlog yaz-illclient
myisampack yaz-marcdump
mysql yaz-ztest
mysql_client_test zoomsh
mysql_config

Assuming this was what I had been searching for, I did this:

bio4054059:bin rmorourk$ echo $PATH
/Applications/Locomotive2/Bundles/standardRailsMar2007.locobundle/i386/bin:/Applications/Locomotive2/Bundles/standardRailsMar2007.locobundle/i386/sbin:/Users/rmorourk/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:
bio4054059:bin rmorourk$ set PATH=Applications/MAMP/Library/bin:$PATH
bio4054059:bin rmorourk$ cd … … … … … …
bio4054059:Library rmorourk$ cd …
bio4054059:MAMP rmorourk$ cd …
bio4054059:Applications rmorourk$ cd …
bio4054059:/ rmorourk$ cd Users/rmorourk/Sites/depot/
bio4054059:depot rmorourk$ mysqladmin -u root create depot_devdb
-bash: mysqladmin: command not found
bio4054059:depot rmorourk$ mysql -U
-bash: mysql: command not found
bio4054059:depot rmorourk$

As you can see the mysql command still isn’t found, any thoughts? I feel
like we are getting closer. Thanks for the help thus far!!

I think

set PATH=Applications/MAMP/Library/bin:$PATH

should be

set PATH=/Applications/MAMP/Library/bin:$PATH

looks like it’s there and even without setting the path you should be
able to do:

/Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysql -u root

hope that helps
Tim

On Dec 19, 3:46 pm, Ryan O. [email protected]

set PATH=Applications/MAMP/Library/bin:$PATH

should be

set PATH=/Applications/MAMP/Library/bin:$PATH

looks like it’s there and even without setting the path you should be
able to do:

/Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysql -u root

So based on this here is what I’ve done. It seems to be creating the
database but then the rake command is saying there is no such database?

bio4054059:depot rmorourk$ /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysql
mysqladmin -u root -p root create depot_development

/Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysql Ver 14.12 Distrib 5.0.41, for
apple-darwin8.11.1 (i686) using EditLine wrapper
Copyright © 2002 MySQL AB
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software,
and you are welcome to modify and redistribute it under the GPL license
Usage: /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysql [OPTIONS] [database]
-?, --help Display this help and exit.
-I, --help Synonym for -?
–auto-rehash Enable automatic rehashing. One doesn’t need to
use
‘rehash’ to get table and field completion, but
startup
and reconnecting may take a longer time. Disable
with
–disable-auto-rehash.
-A, --no-auto-rehash
No automatic rehashing. One has to use ‘rehash’ to
get
table and field completion. This gives a quicker
start of
mysql and disables rehashing on reconnect.
WARNING:
options deprecated; use --disable-auto-rehash
instead.
-B, --batch Don’t use history file. Disable interactive
behavior.
(Enables --silent)
–character-sets-dir=name
Directory where character sets are.
–default-character-set=name
Set the default character set.
-C, --compress Use compression in server/client protocol.
-#, --debug[=#] This is a non-debug version. Catch this and exit
-D, --database=name Database to use.
–delimiter=name Delimiter to be used.
-e, --execute=name Execute command and quit. (Disables --force and
history
file)
-E, --vertical Print the output of a query (rows) vertically.
-f, --force Continue even if we get an sql error.
-G, --named-commands
Enable named commands. Named commands mean this
program’s
internal commands; see mysql> help . When enabled,
the
named commands can be used from any line of the
query,
otherwise only from the first line, before an
enter.
Disable with --disable-named-commands. This option
is
disabled by default.
-g, --no-named-commands
Named commands are disabled. Use * form only, or
use
named commands only in the beginning of a line
ending
with a semicolon (:wink: Since version 10.9 the client
now
starts with this option ENABLED by default!
Disable with
‘-G’. Long format commands still work from the
first
line. WARNING: option deprecated; use
–disable-named-commands instead.
-i, --ignore-spaces Ignore space after function names.
–local-infile Enable/disable LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE.
-b, --no-beep Turn off beep on error.
-h, --host=name Connect to host.
-H, --html Produce HTML output.
-X, --xml Produce XML output
–line-numbers Write line numbers for errors.
-L, --skip-line-numbers
Don’t write line number for errors. WARNING: -L is
deprecated, use long version of this option
instead.
-n, --unbuffered Flush buffer after each query.
–column-names Write column names in results.
-N, --skip-column-names
Don’t write column names in results. WARNING: -N
is
deprecated, use long version of this options
instead.
-O, --set-variable=name
Change the value of a variable. Please note that
this
option is deprecated; you can set variables
directly with
–variable-name=value.
–sigint-ignore Ignore SIGINT (CTRL-C)
-o, --one-database Only update the default database. This is useful
for
skipping updates to other database in the update
log.
–pager[=name] Pager to use to display results. If you don’t
supply an
option the default pager is taken from your ENV
variable
PAGER. Valid pagers are less, more, cat [>
filename],
etc. See interactive help (\h) also. This option
does not
work in batch mode. Disable with --disable-pager.
This
option is disabled by default.
–no-pager Disable pager and print to stdout. See interactive
help
(\h) also. WARNING: option deprecated; use
–disable-pager instead.
-p, --password[=name]
Password to use when connecting to server. If
password is
not given it’s asked from the tty.
-P, --port=# Port number to use for connection.
–prompt=name Set the mysql prompt to this value.
–protocol=name The protocol of connection
(tcp,socket,pipe,memory).
-q, --quick Don’t cache result, print it row by row. This may
slow
down the server if the output is suspended.
Doesn’t use
history file.
-r, --raw Write fields without conversion. Used with
–batch.
–reconnect Reconnect if the connection is lost. Disable with
–disable-reconnect. This option is enabled by
default.
-s, --silent Be more silent. Print results with a tab as
separator,
each row on new line.
-S, --socket=name Socket file to use for connection.
-t, --table Output in table format.
-T, --debug-info Print some debug info at exit.
–tee=name Append everything into outfile. See interactive
help (\h)
also. Does not work in batch mode. Disable with
–disable-tee. This option is disabled by default.
–no-tee Disable outfile. See interactive help (\h) also.
WARNING:
option deprecated; use --disable-tee instead
-u, --user=name User for login if not current user.
-U, --safe-updates Only allow UPDATE and DELETE that uses keys.
-U, --i-am-a-dummy Synonym for option --safe-updates, -U.
-v, --verbose Write more. (-v -v -v gives the table output
format).
-V, --version Output version information and exit.
-w, --wait Wait and retry if connection is down.
–connect_timeout=# Number of seconds before connection timeout.
–max_allowed_packet=#
Max packet length to send to, or receive from
server
–net_buffer_length=#
Buffer for TCP/IP and socket communication
–select_limit=# Automatic limit for SELECT when using
–safe-updates
–max_join_size=# Automatic limit for rows in a join when using
–safe-updates
–secure-auth Refuse client connecting to server if it uses old
(pre-4.1.1) protocol
–show-warnings Show warnings after every statement.

Default options are read from the following files in the given order:
/etc/my.cnf ~/.my.cnf /Applications/MAMP/conf/my.cnf
The following groups are read: mysql client
The following options may be given as the first argument:
–print-defaults Print the program argument list and exit
–no-defaults Don’t read default options from any options file
–defaults-file=# Only read default options from the given file #
–defaults-extra-file=# Read this file after the global files are read

Variables (–variable-name=value)
and boolean options {FALSE|TRUE} Value (after reading options)


auto-rehash TRUE
character-sets-dir (No default value)
default-character-set latin1
compress FALSE
database (No default value)
delimiter ;
vertical FALSE
force FALSE
named-commands FALSE
local-infile FALSE
no-beep FALSE
host (No default value)
html FALSE
xml FALSE
line-numbers TRUE
unbuffered FALSE
column-names TRUE
sigint-ignore FALSE
port 0
prompt mysql>
quick FALSE
raw FALSE
reconnect TRUE
socket (No default value)
table FALSE
debug-info FALSE
user root
safe-updates FALSE
i-am-a-dummy FALSE
connect_timeout 0
max_allowed_packet 16777216
net_buffer_length 16384
select_limit 1000
max_join_size 1000000
secure-auth FALSE
show-warnings FALSE

bio4054059:depot rmorourk$ rake db:migrate(in
/Users/rmorourk/Sites/depot)
rake aborted!
Unknown database ‘depot_development’

(See full trace by running task with --trace)
bio4054059:depot rmorourk$

Thoughts?

What you really want is:
/Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysqladmin -u root -p root create
depot_development

Interesting, thanks… but now I am getting a problem with the password.
Observe:

bio4054059:depot rmorourk$ /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysqladmin -u
root -p root create depot_development
Enter password:
/Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysqladmin: Unknown command: ‘root’
bio4054059:depot rmorourk$

When prompted for the password I typed root - which is what the password
is (at least in the database.yml file) but it gives me an unknown
command output?

Ryan O. wrote:

and you are welcome to modify and redistribute it under the GPL license
Usage: /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysql [OPTIONS] [database]

Whenever you see a message starting “Usage:” it means you did not give
the correct options and the program will then go on and tell you what
the options really are (in this case in a lot of detail). You in this
case entered the wrong command: You apparently entered:
/Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysql mysqladmin -u root -p root create
depot_development
and correctly got an error message from mysql telling you that the
options were all screwed up.
What you really want is:
/Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysqladmin -u root -p root create
depot_development
This will probably work and give you no output message (most Unix/Linux
commands are silent on success). Mysqladmin is a standalone command not
a subcommand of mysql. You probably should not have to enter the full
pathname but it will work.

Norm

Ryan O. wrote:

Enter password:
/Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysqladmin: Unknown command: ‘root’
bio4054059:depot rmorourk$

When prompted for the password I typed root - which is what the password
is (at least in the database.yml file) but it gives me an unknown
command output?

Rather inconsistently there should be a space between the -u and the
username but there must not be a space between the -p and the password.
an alternative is to use:
mysqladmin --user=root --password=root create depot_development
notice the double minus on the options in this form. man mysqladmin
will give you information on the options and usage of the command.

Norm

OK so now we know you’re using bash, substitute “echo” for “print” in
my previous mail.
Rick

On Dec 19, 9:52 am, Ryan O. [email protected]