Since you want the setup with the least headache and because you are
thinking of writing a book about how to use MySQL, I recommend the Without
Installer version.
It's basically 4 steps:
1) unzip
2) edit config file
3) install as service
4) start the service
It can actually take you more time to diagnose a botched MSI install than
it will take to do it by hand, correctly, the first time, while reading
the step by step instructions.
May I kindly refer you to the INSTALLATION section of the manual:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/windows-installation.html
I got my first MySQL database (ever) running in about 15 minutes by
following these steps (as a complete MySQL newbie). Way less time than it
ever took me to do a CD install of MS SQL server.
Shawn Green
Database Administrator
Unimin Corporation - Spruce Pine
Bruce Rollier <brollier@stripped> wrote on 10/25/2005 05:27:02 PM:
> I was a database professor in a school of business until my retirement
> last year. I taught Oracle SQL for several years and taught one class
> in Uganda with MySQL so I am reasonably familiar with it from a user
> standpoint. However, I am not a developer nor a programmer. A
> professor in Uganda has asked me to work with him in developing MySQL
> teaching materials for African students, and we are considering an open
> source database textbook. I need to download MySQL 5.0 but I am not
> sure exactly which version to download. I use Windows, so the versions
> available to me are: Windows Essentials, Windows, and Without
> Installer. This will be installed on my personal machine and I will be
> the only user, so I don't need a network. Can someone advise me which
> of these is best? I mainly want to be able to create some tables and
> run some queries and views for testing the materials.
>
> Thanks much,
>
> Bruce Rollier
>
>
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