Hi;
Sorry to have been so brief before.
I looked at my binary install, and can't find a file named
mysq_installation.com, so I'm not sure what you're doing to get that file.
Try this to see if it works for you:
1. Download the msql-3.23.21-beta-win.zip file from msql.com to a temp
directory.
2. Unzip the file into (for example) c:\mysql\install or some other
convenient temp directory, NOT the final directory or the directory where
the zip file is. (You might want to save the zip file for other installs.)
3. run 'setup.exe' which is in the dir from step 2.
4. delete the dir from step 2. (If you unzipped into c:\mysql\install, then
delete the install dir as it's not needed anymore.)
5. Run winmysqladmin.exe from the mysql/bin directory. This program on my
box has a strange tendancy to come up, show for a few seconds and then
minimize itself to the task bar as a traffic light. It will also prompt you
for a database username and password the first time it runs.
6. On the 'my.ini setup' tab, go through and make sure all the paths agree
with the directory where you actually installed mysql (if it's not the
default c:\mysql). Don't uncomment or change any settings you don't
_completely_ understand. Also select the version of mysql you want to run -
I suggest standalone at first, not the service or pentium opt versions.
7. On the upper right corner of the program window, there is a message that
says something like "right click here for menu". Right click there and
select "start server standalone" (this message may vary depending on what
version you decided to have started in the my.ini setup tab.)
8. If you picked standalone, you will see a console window pop-up at least
momentarily and then disappear (does this here on NT). Then, after a few
moments, you should see some server connect info on the 'environment' tab of
the winmysqladmin program.
At this point you can hide the winmysqladmin program (using the menu as in
step 8) and you have a running server. Now you can run mysql.exe or
Mysqlmanager.exe to do stuff with the database.
Good luck!
Dave LeBlanc
