Error 1067

Q: Error 1067: The process terminated unexpectedly A: First I checked the my.ini file and saw no obvious problems (it was also the default my.ini file produced by the installer). Since the service wouldn’t start, I created a new one that made sure it was reading the right .ini file: mysqld --install MySql2 --defaults-file="c:\my.ini" … but to no avail, as the same error occurred. Eventually I gave up and reinstalled MySQL. But it still didn’t work! I did learn two interesting things: When trying to delete a service from Windows, make sure that the Services Manager is not open. The deleted service only gets truly deleted when the Services Manager is closed, which may leave you wondering why it’s taking so long (“This service is marked for deletion”). When you need to reinstall MySQL, in order to really start fresh, you need to do three things: Uninstall MySQL (Add/remove programs, etc.) Delete the MySQL program directory Delete the MySQL data directory (under Documents and Settings, Application Data, etc.) When I did a truly “fresh” install of MySQL, it actually worked again. But only till the next reboot. I found out when there was a power outage later during the day. MySQL wouldn’t start, and manually starting the service would produce, again, the error 1067. This time I had a look at the MySQL log file, which lives in the data directory (called server001.err in my case). I found this: 120420 8:21:38 InnoDB: Operating system error number 87 in a file operation. InnoDB: Some operating system error numbers are described at InnoDB: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/operating-system-error-codes.html InnoDB: File name .\ib_logfile0 InnoDB: File operation call: 'aio read'. InnoDB: Cannot continue operation. Ah, more information on the error. It turns out that Windows error 87 is ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER; in other words: “The parameter is incorrect” (see here). Not particularly helpful, but it gets you something to Google for. There weren’t too many Google results, but after I while I found this. It seems that the error is related to either the disk driver or the formatting of the disk (neither of which I could easily change on a remote server). But the bug report did include a workaround. Add this to my.ini: Ref: http://www.websofia.com/2012/04/mysql-error-1067-windows-error-87-error_invalid_parameter/

OCSNG - installation mySQL

Q: Deprecated: mysql_escape_string(): This function is deprecated; use mysql_real_escape_string() instead. in D:\xampp\htdocs\ocsreports\header.php on line 103 A: in php.ini error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE & ~E_DEPRECATED ; change this to Off if you still get errors. display_errors = On //change to OFF log_errors = Off after your done... as always, restart apache... service httpd restart

SMTP Testing from command prompt

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MX Google Apps

Q: I found error when Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently: xxxxx@bharatanet.com Technical details of permanent failure: Google tried to deliver your message, but it was rejected by the recipient domain. We recommend contacting the other email provider for further information about the cause of this error. The error that the other server returned was: 550 550 No Such User Here" (state 13). A: Please see refer to http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=33915

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phpmyadmin login forbidden

Q: Login without a password is forbidden by configuration (see AllowNoPassword) when using phpmyadmin login A: Change file config.inc.php