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please someone get me going ......................
i am new at this php stuff can you get me going
A) your(my) database ??
B) your(my) mySQL ??
C) your(my) MySQl user Name ??
D) your(MY) mysql password ??

Jack - Louisiana

Warning: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) in /usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs/guestbook/install.php on line 242

Warning: MySQL Connection Failed: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) in /usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs/guestbook/install.php on line 242
Cannot connect to database

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MySQL Error : Cannot connect to database
Error Number: 2002 Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)
Date : Tue, June 4, 2002 11:27:22
IP : blank
Browser : Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)
Referer : http://blank.com/guestbook/install.php
PHP Version : 4.1.2
OS : FreeBSD
Server : Apache/1.3.22 OpenSSL/0.9.6c (Unix) PHP/4.1.2
Server Name :BLANK