title: OperationalError, Django Cannot Connect to MySQL Database
body: <p>I am working a Django tutorial and I want to connect my project to a MySQL database. I did everything as told by the djangoproject tutorial to connect to database. When running <code>python manage.py syncdb</code> , however, I got the 
  following error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>_mysql_exceptions.OperationalError: (2003, "Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061)") 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What seems problematic? I have XAMMP downloaded and I have created databases through XAMMP before but I don't know how 
  that affects the connection with Django.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks.</p>