I have just started to learn over the past few weeks, SQL.

I have downloaded and installed mysql interpreter and administrator but everytime i go to connect I get a message that says i can't connect to the localhost and I get the same message when I try to run it through command line.

What exactly does this mean? what other hosts can i try to connect to?

And does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can get started with this?

Any info on SQL and accessing and finding databases is welcome as I am new to SQL and will undoubtedly learn something from every post/reply.