isawick wrote:If my questions are contrary to your philosophy, I would encourage you ignore them.
Your original question was related to setting up a database using 2 of XAMPP's components of which there were readily available answers on these forums - no problem.
Your second off topic question was purely a Joomla script related error and as such you would receive a more authoritative and faster response from the Joomla web site than here was all I was trying to convey - I have seen delays here were often those delays were reduced by contacting the third party script author's web site.
Unless someone on these forums has installed Joomla and had encountered your Joomla script error then you may have to wait some time for answers.
isawick wrote:I will begin a new thread regarding the integration of xampp installed components and Joomla.
The Joomla forums are still the best location to get help with your Joomla issues.