[eluser]jedd[/eluser]
[quote author="kidrok" date="1252845344"]
in a SSH I get line like this:
iljokrur 17099 0.0 0.0 61144 648 pts/226 S+ 10:28 0:00 grep mysql
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ps shows you all processes currently running, and the grep is a regular expression matcher.
So, what happens here is that grep is in itself a process - consequently it matches that when it finds it. This is a common 'problem' on *nix systems using this frequently-used construct, and is completely normal.
What it does mean is that you don't have a MySQL server running on that box. You could still try running 'mysql' at the commandline and see what happens, just in case. It's possible that they've got their databases on another machine - but really, at this point I'd be just asking your admins about getting access to a MySQL database and/or setting up my own virtual machine. The latter, as has been pointed out, are easy to set up - there's lots of ready-made boxes ready to go (it just means a hefty download - but still smaller than the most recent Battlefield 2 patch (2GB - far out!)). I digress.
And, yes, one day you'll have to move away from a local installation - but trust me, you don't want to move
onto a sqlite system. Plus, you'll always want a local instance to develop on. Hosting on a box that provides PHP & MySQL is a only few (insert preferred currency here)'s a month anyway.
