RE: [cobalt-users] Possible Problem with MySQL and phpMyAdmin

[Arthur Sherman <arturs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > > 
> > > I have MySQL 4.0.16 , PHP 4.3.4 from Nuonce net, and phpMyAdmin 
> > > 2.5.3 all installed from NuOnce net.
> > > 
> > > When I go to web site http://www.saratoga.lib.ny/phpmyadmin
> > > and log in I see the website display: "Welcome to phpMyAdmin
> > > 2.5.3-rc2 MySQL 3.23.56-Max running on localhost as 
> root@localhost"
> > > 
> > > Why doesn't it say MySQL 4.0.16? 
> > > 
> > > All my databases show up, but I don't know what will happen if I 
> > > execute commands as it looks to me like my phpMyAdmin is using 
> > > either the wrong version of MySQL, or I'm sometimes using two 
> > > different version of MySQL against my database - I don't know if 
> > > that is possible or if the formats are compatible.
> > > 
> > > Is this because I need to set something for each web 
> site, user, or 
> > > configure something for phpmyadmin? Is this because of running 
> > > BlueLinQ updates?
> > > 
> > 
> > And what 'rpm -qa | grep mysql' reveals?
> 
> [11:38:54:war-admiral:~]rpm -qa | grep mysql 
> [11:39:11:war-admiral:~]rpm -qa | grep MySQL MySQL-client-4.0.16-0
> MySQL-Max-3.23.56-Alpine_C2
> MySQL-shared-4.0.16-0
> MySQL-devel-4.0.16-0
> MySQL-3.23.56-Alpine_C2
> MySQL-server-4.0.16-0
> 

You have extention to mysql server installed: MySQL-Max-3.23.56-Alpine_C2.
Either upgrade it to v4.x or de-install it.
As far as I know it is not required to run a mysql server. You'd better
check mysql manual (from www.mysql.org) for mysql-max.

My 2 cents.

 Arthur Sherman