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How do I set up the MySQL connection using Dreamweaver?
1.
Open Dreamweaver
2.
Click File>New
3.
Choose “Dynamic Page” in left frame and then
“PHP” (or any other type of dynamic page) in
right frame.
4.
Click Create (a new blank page will appear).
5.
On the Tools window drop down the “Application”
window and choose the “Database” tab.
6.
Assuming a site has been created already you
can skip option #1.
7.
In the first 4 steps listed above a document
type was created already, so you can skip option
#2.
8.
Click on the link that says “testing server”
in option #3.
9.
Server model should equal PHP MySQL (this is
the dynamic page chosen was equal to PHP).
10.
Access should equal FTP (this information is
pertaining to how Dreamweaver will upload it’s
pages).
11.
FTP host must equal the users domain name
12.
Host directory must equal the directory to where
the user would like his/her pages to be uploaded
to.
13.
Login must equal the Domainscape Internet account’s
FTP login info.
14.
Password must equal the Domainscape Internet
account’s FTP pass.
15.
URL prefix must be the complete URL (i.e. http://yourdomain.com/database/)
16.
Click “OK”
17.
Under the Databases tab in the application window
click on the + symbol at the top of the window
and choose “MySQL Connection”
18.
Connection name can be anything (this is only
a descriptive name for the user to recognize
the specified connection).
19.
MySQL Server Name must equal localhost
20.
User name must user name of the database that
you set up
21.
Password must equal the password used to access
the MySQL database (as you configured it)
22.
Database must equal the user name user name
as in (20) above
23.
Click Test
24.
If the test is successful click “OK” if the
test in unsuccessful review the information
provided in step #17.