The registered version is now two release levels above the shareware
version and there are many fixes, I do not remember any memory problems
with the shareware version though. You realize that the memory that
mysql
uses is very configurable, have you changed any of the memory settings.
Ronald Rand wrote:
>
> Hi! I'm new to MySQL but I have been using the free version of it for
> windows for a little bit now, and it works fine for my needs. But I get
> crashes due to lack of memory a lot. In fact, barely running anything but an
> e-mail program and a web server, my memory load is at 78% almost off the bat
> and I have computer lock-ups every few hours as the web server's being used.
> I never had this problem before I started running the SQL server. Does the
> free version have memory problems? Would it be much better if I registered?
> I have no problem doing that if it would help, but otherwise the SQL server
> works fine.
>
> thanks!
