But I could not get the Dreamweaver connections actions to see databases any more. I reinstalled MAMP after saving the db folder and reinstalling it. Mamp’s PHP Admin sees databases just fine.

Navicat Lite which I just installed today sees my mysql databases perfectly and immediately.

Dreamweaver CS4 fails in every possible way to see the tables. I have spent two days going from “solution” to solution. I have changed PHP and Mysql ports back and forth between 8888 & 8889 to 80 & 3306, I have done terminal sudo commands to create a “symbolic” link between the mysql socket in MAMP in the Application folder etc. etc.

But every single connection that I create or try to re-use from days ago fails. No tables seen.

I have removed connections and started over. I have all the Dreamweaver site files in the Mamp htdocs folder. The Dreamweaver site shows that my local and testing server urls are working.

PHP works fine. either localhost or localhost.8888 works, depending on whether I have started MAMP in 80 & 3306 or 8888 & 8889 for apache & mysql.

I see in the connection files in Dreamweaver that in the MAC folder it says that it is going to use HTTP as the connection method if it detects that it is on a Mac computer.

In the Navicat Lite download it included a folder with connection scripts for setting up HTTP Tunnel. I put that folder into the MAMP installation to see if I could figure out how to use them.

But I can’t find information on how to set up HTTP tunnel.

At any rate, PHPMyAdmin and Navicat Lite can connect to my mysql databases created inside MAMP.

I now need ONE solution that FORCES Dreamweaver to use the proper connection string, to go looking for the same socket or data connection method that works by default.

Only Dreamweaver is too stupid to find it.

I say this because I have worked with Dreamweaver since the 90′s on Windows machines. Version after version of Dreamweaver NEVER gets this issue permanently resolved.

Have you any special knowledge of how to MODIFY Dreamweaver connectivity to see what every other mysql product sees instantly?

Thank you for something really creative. I have spent two days reading and trying all the standard resolutions.

Thanks so much for the step-by-instructions.
MySQL is new to me …added to that recently… switched to Mac…was breaking my head on how to use Terminal to access MySQL….to create database and upload about 6000 records. Was gathering info from net in bits-n-pieces….Thanks again.