If I understand correctly, the MySQL source is available. If you are familiar
with the code that registers/starts/stops services you might want to take a
look at it. You might even try sending that section of the code to the vendor
and challange him to tell you how it is non-standard.
Robert Rowe
--- "Gerald R. Jensen" <gjensen@stripped> wrote:
> Stefan:
>
> I think you have just reinforced my position ... our contention is that
> MySQL works the same way as any other application that installs as a
> service.
>
> We have a number of applications (written by our own programming staff) that
> all use exactly the same procdure used in MySQL to install the service.
>
> I think the vendor in question has buggy/incomplete code, and is blaming
> MySQL for their problems.
>
> G R Jensen
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stefan Hinz" <list_hinz@stripped>
> To: "Gerald R. Jensen" <gjensen@stripped>
> Cc: <mysql@stripped>; "robert_rowe" <robert_rowe@stripped>
> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 5:38 PM
> Subject: Re: MySQL Win32 Service
>
>
> Gerald,
>
> > How closely does the MySQL Service on Win32 platforms conform to any known
> > standard for installing/removing services?
>
> > I raise the question because the vendor that provides the utility we use
> to
> > create our installation package claims that MySQL uses non-standard
> commands
> > for installing and removing services. As a result, they say, we cannot
> > expect their program to install or remove the service.
>
> > The irony is ... their program **does** install the service. It just can't
> > stop the service and remove it.
>
> > We use a third-party installer because we package the six databases our
> > software suite requires with MySQL.
>
> I'm not sure I'm getting what you're after, but here's what MySQL
> does:
>
> shell> mysqld --install # installs a service with the name Mysql
> shell> mysqld --install MyMySQL # installs a service with the name MyMySQL
> shell> mysqld --remove # removes a service with the default name (Mysql)
> shell> NET START Mysql # starts the service called Mysql
> shell> NET STOP Mysql # stops the service called Mysql
>
> "shell>" would be something like "c:\mysql\bin>", depending on where
> you've installed MySQL. "mysqld" may as well be a different flavour of
> the MySQL server, e.g. "mysqld-max-nt".
>
> What "--install" does is write a couple of entries to the Windows
> registry, and "--remove" will delete those entries. I don't know
> whether that procedure is considered "standard" on Windows systems or
> not; if it isn't, you might want to have a look at what "--install"
> actually writes, and then use a standard way of writing those entries
> (using a .reg file or whatever).
>
> Regards,
> --
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