To make a specific collation as the default, other option to give mysql an indication of it by having the needed collation name in my.cnf (mysql configuration) as shown below

Edit my.cnf:
[mysqld]
collation_server=latin1_general_ci

MySql command to set collation type when creating database is given below:

Latin1 encoding
CREATE DATABASE sampledb DEFAULT CHARACTER SET latin1 COLLATE latin1_general_ci;

UTF-8 encoding
CREATE DATABASE sampledb DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;

Once the encoding for the database is set, fields associated with the tables in our new database will take up default collation as the one set during the database creation.

Easy fix for this is to go to the PhpMyAdmin interface (via CPanel/WHM) and identify the tables which has some value in under overhead column. Select ALL those tables and choose the option “Repair table” after you ensure that there is enough space in the database.

Manage data tables, export/import databases, synchronise tables between databases, integrity check, database backup service management, edit database content and many more features packaged as a solution for ALL your MySQL needs.

This runs on windows platforms – WinXP/XP7 and you can download HeidiSQL from Download link

Another GUI tool that is available in the market is MySQL Workbench. The OSS edition of this tool is available under GPL and provides database administrators with database design, modeling with an intuitive GUI. Download MySQL Workbench

Create the database (test-database) in the testing environment and identify the location of the .gz or .sql file.

If the mysql dump was a .gz file, you need to gunzip to uncompress the file by typing
$ gunzip mysqldump.sql.gz

This will uncompress the .gz file and will just store mysqldump.sql in the same location.

Type the following command to import sql data file:

$ mysql -u username -p -h localhost test-database < mysqldump.sql
password: _

For the hostname part, you need to give the respective hostname of the mysql server depending on how it was configured (some times it may be just an IP, some times it may be an IP with port number)

mysql> \! clear

Usage of “\!” tells MySQL to pass the command to Linux OS to handle the request.

If you are in a Windows environment (DOS prompt), to pass the control to the OS you can use the command

mysql>system cls

i) Incomplete MySQL implementation
ii) MySQL setting mis-configuration

Solution:

root@myserver:/# vi /etc/mysql/my.cnf

Comment out the below line in my.cnf file to make MySQL listen on ALL interfaces
#bind-address = 127.0.0.1

root@myserver:/# netstat -tap | grep mysql
tcp 0 0 *:mysql *:* LISTEN 17785/mysqld

Note that above line which indicates MySQL listening on all interfaces.

http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/odbc/3.51.html

(Choose MSI installer from the downloads section and install it in your machine)

After installing MySQL ODBC connector, you need to configure ODBC connector in order connect MySQL database.

1. Choose Start > settings > Control Panel > Administrative Tools. Then double click on Data Sources (ODBC)

2. Click System DSN and then press “Add” button. There will be a dialog asking you to choose new data source. Choose MySQL ODBC 3.51 driver and click Finish

3. Next you need to fill in the details that will enable ODBC drive to open the database of your choice. Give a name for the data source (e.g. MyDSN), Server name (e.g. localhost), User (e.g. sqlusername), Password (password for user sqlusername) and the name of the database to which you want to connect to in MySQL

4. Click the Test button to ensure everything works fine and as expected.

5. The DSN “MyDSN” gets created for you when you click the “Ok” button.

6. Now, go to Access and create a database (e.g. MyAccessDB)

7. In Access, click “File > Get External Data > Import > and then choose “ODBC Databases” from “Files of Type” option. This will open a new dialog window asking you to “Select Data Source”

8. From the new dialog window, choose “Machine Data Source“. This will display the DSN “MyDSN” which you have created earlier. Choose that DSN and click “Ok” to import the database from MySQL to Access database.

mysql> \! clear

This is to allow users to practice MySQL commands or execute complex queries on the database.

“test” database is accessible to everyone who has access to MySQL in your localhost and hence is not advisable if you were to use it for your development.

Instead, create a database with specific user privileges if you have user rights or request your administrator to create one for you.

A simple MySQL statement to create a user with all privileges to the database.

$ grant all on newdb.* to ‘newdbuser’@localhost identified by ‘newdbuser_password’;

Grab a copy of cakePHP from cakephp.org website

You can either create the new cakephp website in the root (http://localhost/) or by adding it as a subfolder (http://localhost/mycakesite/)

If you create it as a subfolder, then configure the appropriate path settings for linking images in the web pages.

Open /app/config.php and make the following modifications
- Modify the security salt value
- to disable debug messages

Open /app/config/database.php.default and rename it to /app/config/database.php. If you wanted only one database, then make the necessary setting changes to default_database array by providing database name, host name, user name and password. And you can comment the variable declaration for the test database call if you it isn’t necessary.

The following steps may be of help to use if you are going to create MySQL database and configure a user with a password for that database:

$ mysql -uroot -p
Enter the password.

$ create database newdb;
$ grant all on newdb.* to ‘newdbuser’@localhost identified by ‘newdbuser_password’;