[Snort-users] snort error

I have installed snort but all the parameters are always ZERO.

I have run the command
snort -c /etc/snort/snort.conf
and it gives me following error.
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ERROR: Fatal Error, Quitting..

USAGE: database plugin

output database: [log | alert], [type of database], [parameter list]

[log | alert] selects whether the plugin will use the alert or
log facility.

For the first argument, you must supply the type of database.
The possible values are mysql, postgresql, odbc, oracle and
mssql
The parameter list consists of key value pairs. The proper
format is a list of key=value pairs each separated a space.

The only parameter that is absolutely necessary is "dbname".
All other parameters are optional but may be necessary
depending on how you have configured your RDBMS.

dbname - the name of the database you are connecting to

host - the host the RDBMS is on

port - the port number the RDBMS is listening on

user - connect to the database as this user

password - the password for given user

sensor_name - specify your own name for this snort sensor. If you
do not specify a name one will be generated automatically

encoding - specify a data encoding type (hex, base64, or ascii)

detail - specify a detail level (full or fast)

ignore_bpf - specify if you want to ignore the BPF part for a sensor

definition (yes or no, no is default)

FOR EXAMPLE:
The configuration I am currently using is MySQL with the database
name of "snort". The user "snortusr@localhost" has INSERT and SELECT
privileges on the "snort" database and does not require a password.
The following line enables snort to log to this database.

output database: log, mysql, dbname=snort user=snortusr host=localhost
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I am using the following in snort.conf
output database:log, mysql, user=snort password=xyz dbname=snort
host=localhost



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