Please ignore wrong block quote here - stupid mail on iPhone won't paste without it > You know, windows does have easy ways to change the path and add variables to > the environment without forcing shell invocation. It is just that in the > case of VS you might cross-compile or choose to compile with Vs2008 or vs2012 > as they can be installed simultaneously. I think if you are creating a > service (in windows parlance) the client should know how to connect to the > service sans hoops. Just my opinion... VS is not the way most windows > programs do things and you should not violate the principal if least surprise.
> --Justin > > On Sep 27, 2013, at 1:06 PM, "Vladislav Vaintroub" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> The command line clients are not services, and they are not started with >> --defaults-file, this is correct. >> >> But >> >> 1.We install shortcut to mysql client and shortcut does have >> --defaults-file , and the default-file points to the right place, i.e >> whenever you installed the mysql server instance >> On my machine (I used the default x64 installation), MySQL client shortcut >> is this >> >> C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /k " "C:\Program Files\MariaDB >> 5.5\bin\mysql.exe" "--defaults-file=C:\Program Files\MariaDB >> 5.5\data\my.ini" -uroot -p"” >> >> 2. Out installation also provides another shortcut – called Command Prompt( >> MariaDB …) >> It could be used to call arbitrary client utilities, mysqladmin or somesuch >> .It uses yet another, less known, trick to force client utilities to look >> for correct my.ini - it sets environment variable MYSQL_HOME to point to the >> the datadir ( Besides, it also sets PATH to include “bin” directory, so >> that calling mysqladmin or mysql would not result in “path not found”) >> >> The inspiration for this shortcut was a very similar feature of Visual >> Studio , the “Visual Studio 20xx Command Line”. >> >> The summary of my.ini client-side support is that : >> If you install with MSI, installer will create shortcuts that help client >> utilities to find correct my.ini . You can have multiple versions of the >> MariaDB installed, and the shortcuts will still work correctly – every >> version specific shortcut would point to version-specific my.ini >> >> Thus, I’d argue that this bug does not affect MariaDB. >> >> >> >> From: Maria-developers >> [mailto:maria-developers-bounces+wlad=montyprogram....@lists.launchpad.net] >> On Behalf Of Peter Laursen >> Sent: Freitag, 27. September 2013 10:06 >> To: Maria Developers; Maria Discuss >> Subject: [Maria-developers] MySQL bug affects mariaDB >> >> >> I think the 'mysql' client with MariaDB has a similar problem as it has with >> MySQL - refer? >> http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=70443 >> >> MariaDB installer installs my.ini to /datadir - what with MariaDB is a >> subfolder to /basedir. >> >> The server will look for it correctly as the registry key defining the >> service has a --default-file specification. But the command line clients >> don't read the registry key. >> >> >> @Wlad? >> >> >> -- Peter >> -- Webyog >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~maria-discuss >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~maria-discuss >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
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