From: Paul D Silevitch Date: March 15 1999 8:07pm Subject: Re: Passing parameters to mysqld when running as a NT service List-Archive: http://lists.mysql.com/win32/9 Message-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In theory you should be able to create a dummy account that has your bat file in the startup folder and change its user rights (in the user manager) to boot up as a service. (it is under advanced user rights if I remember correctly). This should be documented in the NT help or at www.ntfaq.com....then if you want to change a parameter just edit the bat file and reboot. Paul On Mon, 15 Mar 1999, Dimiter Dimitriev wrote: > Hi, > > I have mysqld running on a client's NT machine. Due to some selects with > a high join level I have to set a higer (16-32 MB) tmp_table_size or > otherwise I get an "SQL table ... full" error. Some time ago, I read > that when installing mysqld as a service there is no way to pass > parameters. Is this still true, and what options do I have? Currently, > I've put a .BAT file in the AutoStart folder which starts mysqld with > the necessary options, but this is ugly - there is always a DOS window > open, and I see no way to make it running when no one is logged in. > > Using the option which forces temporary tables to be stored on disk is > not what I'd like to do. > > Thanks in advance for your advices, > > Dimiter Dimitriev > RLS Jakobsmeyer > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To request this thread, e-mail win32-thread7@stripped > > To unsubscribe, e-mail the address in the List-Unsubscribe header. > For additional commands, e-mail: win32-help@stripped > >