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akwang
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Cannot Connect to MySQL Database

‎10-11-2017 04:09 AM

Hi What would be my server name?linden.jpg

 

i tried localhost, localhost:3306 and still unable to connect.

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Eric_Zhang
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‎10-12-2017 11:06 PM
@akwang wrote:

hi smoupre,

 

i did that and still i cannot connect.

 

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@akwang

For above error, please ensure that you've specified the correct server name, it could be servierIP:portNo("10.157.19.199:3306") or ServerName. Also ensure that the MySQL Service is running on the server you're connecting to.

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Greg_Deckler
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‎10-11-2017 05:25 AM

Last time I had an issue connecting to MySQL with Power BI, I had to make sure that I was not trying to use Windows credentials but rather database credentials. And it looks like localhost is your server name.



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akwang
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‎10-11-2017 07:40 AM

hi smoupre,

 

i did that and still i cannot connect.

 

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Eric_Zhang
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In response to akwang

‎10-12-2017 11:06 PM
@akwang wrote:

hi smoupre,

 

i did that and still i cannot connect.

 

Screenshot_1.jpgScreenshot_2.jpg

@akwang

For above error, please ensure that you've specified the correct server name, it could be servierIP:portNo("10.157.19.199:3306") or ServerName. Also ensure that the MySQL Service is running on the server you're connecting to.

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wildmight2017
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In response to akwang

‎10-11-2017 07:46 AM

I can recommend setting up ODBC driver on the machine running mysql - such as  https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/odbc/5.3.html 

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akwang
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‎10-11-2017 09:44 AM

Any tutorial on how to use the ODBC?

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