>>>>> "Van" == Van <vanboers@stripped> writes:
Van> Jay wrote:
>>
>> Jay wrote:
>>
>> > Has anyone gotten an odbc driver for mysql compiled for linux slackware?
>> >
>> > I can install the binary distribution of mysql fine, and access it from
> windows
>> > using the win95 drivers they provided. I can't compile the myodbc source
>> > without a compiled and configured version of the source tree for mysql too.
>> > Which I can't get, since it takes more virtual memory than I have on my
> box.
>> > I really don't want to reinstall it with a larger swap area...
>> >
>> > Thanks!
Van> Good question, Jay. I'm about to start doing the same to my slackware
Van> 3.6 box with kernel 2.0.36 so I can connect using a FoxPro 5.0
Van> application I need to port over to Access, then, to MySQL 3.22.24.
Van> I won't have much for an hour, but, keep me posted if you get ahead of
Van> me.
Hi!
You don't need to compile MySQL to configure MyODBC; You only must
configure it!
You can avoid the virtual memory problem by configuring with:
./configure --without-server
or
./configure --with-low-memory
Regards,
Monty
