# Setting external database error

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-external-database-error/119597>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 8, 2007, 10:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-external-database-error/119597 "2007-11-08T10:23:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chubbs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Chubbs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Chubbs)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 10:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-external-database-error/119597/1 "2007-11-08T10:23:27Z")

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Im using Instant Rails (turning off the mysql server part), Mysql 5.1  
on another computer. and have these settings in database.yml

development:  
adapter: mysql  
database: jumba\_development  
username: root  
password: asdasd  
host: 192.168.1.1

and i get “Can’t connect to MySQL server on ‘localhost’ (10061)”,

any thought on why that would happen ?

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**Author:** ![Chubbs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Chubbs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Chubbs)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 10:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-external-database-error/119597/2 "2007-11-08T10:26:58Z")

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sorry about trouble fixed it,

did a “gem install mysql” and fixed it.