Evaluation problems (was: Re: Need some beguinners help!) - Oliver Bentler - com.mysql.lists.win32

8 messages in com.mysql.lists.win32Evaluation problems (was: Re: Need so...

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Per Zetterlund	16 Jun 1999 04:32
Christian Mack	16 Jun 1999 11:29
Oliver Bentler	17 Jun 1999 01:21
Christian Mack	17 Jun 1999 10:48
Oliver Bentler	18 Jun 1999 00:17
Oliver Bentler	21 Jun 1999 04:53
Michael Widenius	27 Jun 1999 13:24
Oliver Bentler	27 Jun 1999 22:58

Subject:	Evaluation problems (was: Re: Need some beguinners help!)
From:	Oliver Bentler (oliv...@arcormail.de)
Date:	06/18/1999 12:17:54 AM
List:	com.mysql.lists.win32

Hi!

Christian Mack schrieb:

I need(!) to install MySql to a different directory and to have it run as a NT-service but I gave up. - If run as a service it cannot find its base-directory and I cannot pass these parameters

In fact you can, but you would have to set the parameters each time you start
mysql by hand in the SCM window.

True but since this cannot be done automatically it's no solution. "Net start" does not accept parameters for a service.

The configuration file C:\my.cnf works only in 3.22.xx releases. So you are out of luck here, because the shareware version is 3.21.29

Why isn't there a version for evalution which supports those needs? I can't understand the makers of MySql here. If a possible costumers spends (more or less) valueable time on evaluating this SQL-server he/she should be convinced of that product but by giving these installation-problems customers get spoiled by MySql. Another point is that the documentation on these issues is really poor for the Win32-platform. Why don't they release the current release as the eval-version. They may limit the database-size to 1 GB or the number of simultanous users to 5 instead.

Any comments from the MySql product-managers? (Though I am not a regular customer - but how will I ever buy MySql if having v3.21xx for eval-purposes?)

Bye - Oliver