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The "show tables;" command within MySQL has to have the semicolon at the end, or it doesn't work.
Ok, this works and shows a list of tables. BTW how can I see the content of these tables?
What are you seeing in the logs that convinces you the connection from MediaWiki is working properly?
Well which logs, uh in the directory where the mediawiki software is installed there aren't any. Or do you mean ib_logfile0 in the mysql directory, that file is huge!
Uwe Brauer