"source" = "for programmers only"

"binary" = "ready for use on a specific computer platform such as Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux"

"source" means "source code" for programmers to build (technically called "compiling") a runnable version of MySQL (or any other program).

You want the one labeled "binary". This means it is already compiled.

Current as of today 2000-09-04 is this link: http://www.mysql.com/Downloads/MySQL-3.23/mysql-3.23.23-beta-win.zip

You _really_ should get a copy of the following book to walk you through installing and using the product. I'm reading it right now as I type this, as I install and run MySQL for the first time (successfully so far!).

"MySQL" by Paul DuBois published in 2000 by New Riders, ISBN O-7357-0921-1

http://www.newriders.com/books/title.cfm?id=584

And read any Win32 readme's you find on the website and after installing.

Tip: I'm getting an error using mysqladmin unless I start the server with the console option like this: mysqld-opt --console

Without the console option, mysqladmin reports errors. These kind of options are listed in an appendix at the back of Paul DuBois' book.

--Basil Bourque

on 09/03/2000 10:04 PM, the nice person named BC at nimb...@sprintmail.com wrote: