[Refdb-users] refdb/mysql problems under Cygwin -- please help

[Gary L. <gl...@cn...>]

Hi, I've been struggling to get refdb working under Cygwin.  If anyone 
could help me get the following issues resolved, I'd be very appreciative.

The main problem seems to be failure of refdbd to communicate propertly 
with mySQL (or to relay information to refdba/refdbc)

The mysql daemon works fine from dos.  I was able to create the initial 
table structures from refb.dump.  Although I can run mysqld in cygwin (and 
it loads up fine), I can't get the comman-line mysqlc to work under cygwin 
(although strangely it works in dos), but I think that's not the main issue.

Finally, I realized that refdbd/a/c weren't reading the configuration files 
properly for some reason.  Starting them with the -y switch solved the 
problem "-y /usr/local/etc/refdb" I also had to uncomment the dbi_drivedir 
option in refdbdcrc :  dbi_driverdir /usr/local/lib/dbd, to get refdbd to 
see libdbi.

Now when I run refdbc, I get the following errors for the various commands:

refdbc: whichdb
cannot get row count

refdbc: getau
getfoo failed

refdbc: listdb
could not connect to database server

refdbc: getref
select failed


when I use redba, I just get "could not connect to database server" errors.
I know that refdbc is communicating with mysql on some level since if 
mysqld isn't running, it also gives me "could not connect to database server"

The serverip in the config files is set to the ip of my machine.  I checked 
the mysql user permissions and they seem fine -- I'm trying to log in as a 
superuser so that shouldn't be the problem.

Does anyone have any ideas?
Thank you.