phpbb2 & mysql

[embj]

I am trying to setup my own little forum just to experiment on how it is done. I know I need MySQL and phpbb2. I don't know what to do from there. I already have phpbb2 downloaded and MySQL installed. What do I do from here? BTW, I don't know nothing bout MySQL or any other database program.

Thanx.:cool:

[embj]

I guess nobody knows but, after fiddling w/ it I got it. Took me awhile though. I booted up my puter this morning and mySQL didn't start. The admin gave me an error message of:


030208 18:56:55 MySql: Shutdown Complete

030208 18:56:55 MySql: Normal shutdown
http://www.innodb.com/ibman.html
the InnoDB startup options listed in section 2 at
But to get good performance you should adjust for your hardware
innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:10M:autoextend
section, for example,
or my.ini. If you want to use InnoDB tables, add to the [mysqld]
to the [mysqld] section of init parameters in your my.cnf
skip-innodb
If you do not want to use transactional InnoDB tables, add a line
Cannot initialize InnoDB as 'innodb_data_file_path' is not set.
MySql: ready for connections


Anybody know what this means and how to fix it? Thanks.

[qball]

it would seem you have mysql installed, but configed, not right.

you want many things, webserver, app server, db server.


I am trying to setup my own little forum just to experiment on how it is done.


here is how it is done, short and sweet...

you need a webserver, and TCP/IP networking???

if you have this, you can open browser and point to own webserver and webserver can serve pages:

on winders PCs, something like:

http://localhost/index.htm

if that shows the 'index.htm' that you made, then it works.

if no showey, 'index.htm' that you made, AND does show something, find that 'index.htm' that shows something, and edit to show, you can.

try:

http://localhost/index.htm

again, if seeing edit:

you have web server
found default page ('index.htm').

without webserver, no hope.

next:

we have webserver:

Install PHP, not hard, notice, no care for DB, yet.

then you config webserver to use PHP as an App server.

then you try:

http://localhost/index.php

or whatever you want to call.

then you have php working, (app server).

then you install mySQL. By this time, mysql install, has fighting chance. Install admin tool for mysql, so you verify/have control of mysql. Then create DB.

Probably need to reboot, winders, again.

Then you can do, browser, to PHP, to mysql. Just have:

http://localhost/index.php

connect to DB, and return something.

[embj]

That is not what I am saying. I have my own webserver which is IIS 5.1 and my own domain name. I got my forum to work but, after I started up my computer this morning mySQL came up with the error message that I put up above. I don't know what that means.

[qball]

it would seem you have mysql installed, but configed, not right.


hello?

[embj]

Well, sorry. I didn't see that. It was almost 12 am when I was reading that. I had been up since 4:30 that morning. So I was pretty tired. I don't know much about MySQL. It was all I could do just to create a db with phpmyadmin. Once I got that I could create the db, username, and passwd.

So does anybody know how to fix this error?