Bug #2748 Unable to launch MySQL Administrator after "Stopping Service"
Submitted: 12 Feb 2004 8:07 Modified: 13 Feb 2004 2:01
Reporter: Alain Segu Email Updates:
Status: Closed Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Administrator Severity:S1 (Critical)
Version:1.0.1a alpha OS:Windows (Windows XP SP1)
Assigned to: Michael G. Zinner CPU Architecture:Any

[12 Feb 2004 8:07] Alain Segu
Description:
If I stop Mysqld-nt service, it's impossible to open a connection.

- the connection window appear on opening MySQL Administrator
- the "Could not connect to the specified host
       MySQL error Nr. 2003
       Can't connect to MySQL server on ...." error appear.

To pass this, I have to launch Mysqld-nt with mysqladmin or winmysqladmin.
Then, I can open open a connection without problem.

How to repeat:
Every time Mysqld-nt service in down

Suggested fix:
I don't know !

No trace in MySQL log file !
[13 Feb 2004 2:01] Michael G. Zinner
In short:

When the connection dialog is displayed, hold the Ctrl key. The [Cancel] button will be relabled to [Skip]. Then you can skip the connection and get directly to the service control where you can restart your server.

When restarted, hold the Ctrl key again, and close the MySQL Administrator by clicking on [x] in the right upper corner of the window title bar.

The you can connect to the server.

In detail:

MySQL Administrator needs to connect to a running server.

When the server is stopped, there is no answer on port 3306 and so the Administrator cannot get any information.

That is why you do not see any log messages, too.