Can't find MySQL database with suffix .sql on 127.0.0.1

I have this connection string in a classic ASP application:

   strConn = "driver={MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver}; server="&MySQLSVR&"; port="&MySQLPRT&";User="&MySQLUID&";Password="&MySQLPWD&"; Database="&MySQLDB&"; option="&MySQLOPT & ";"

   Set oconn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
   oconn.Open strConn

Where MYSQLSVR = "127.0.0.1".

However, I can't find the MySQL database (named as in MYSQLDB string). I thought MySQL databases had the .sql extension (or .txt instead) but I found no such files.

开发者_StackOverflow中文版Am I doing this incorrectly, or does the database just not exist anymore?

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MySQL's data files are either:

MyISAM - *.frm, *.myd, *.myi
InnoDB: *.frm, ib_data*, ib_logfile*

.sql files are usually just the output of mysql_dump, and are text files containing literal sql commands.

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Sorry but a MySQL database is not just "a file", unlike a Microsoft Access database.

If you want to use it in your computer you need to install a program called MySQL Server and configure it with a MySQL client:

• Create users with passwords
• Create databases

Once you have that up and running, you may be able to load your application database through *.sql files (given that the guy you work for has such thing, and he apparently doesn't).

Perhaps the application is hosted somewhere else and you are supposed to connect remotely?

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You won't find any readable data files for a mysql installation. The binary files are generally located under $MYSQL_HOME/data/mysql.