>>>>> "makkulka" == makkulka <makkulka@stripped> writes:
makkulka> HI
makkulka> I have installed successfully (from source ) mySQL 3.22.26a for
makkulka> Linux Sparc without any problems. I can access the databases
makkulka> using perl dbi interface -no problems there.
makkulka> Problems started when I wanted to use JDBC. The jdbc connection
makkulka> url needs port to be mentioned which I mentioned as 3306 (the
makkulka> default ). However, java programs could not connect to
makkulka> the mySQLd at all.
makkulka> Hence I did a
makkulka> mysqladmin version
makkulka> and the messages shown did NOT mention any PORT. There
makkulka> was just the default UNIX port under /tmp/ and no other PORT
makkulka> like 3306 in the message printed.
To get the port, try mysqladmin -h 'hostname' version
makkulka> when I did a
makkulka> mysqladmin variables
makkulka> i got a value of 3306 for the port !!
makkulka> So lastly I did a telnet to the port 3306 and got a lot
makkulka> of funny chars -- there was the string "3.22.26a" the
makkulka> version of MySQL I was using amongst the funny
makkulka> characters which makes me belive that there is
makkulka> a problem with mysqld listening on this port.
makkulka> The telnet ends with the message "bad connection,
makkulka> wrong handshake...etc ".
The above is quite normal. Telnet doesn't understand the MySQL protocol.
What error did you get from your Java program ?
Regards,
Monty
