Hi Gurvinder, > I sympathize with ya!!! The version of MySQL you are using > has quite a number of bugs Thanks for the warning ;-)
> What i would recommend is do away with the mysql you are using and > start using the most stable of mysqls - 4.3. Maybe I'll do that. When I have a bit more time to mess around with my development machine configuration. Meaning not just before a clients deadline ;-) Anyway, > You can download EASYPHP1-8 for youself, if provides you > with mysql 4.3 along with PHP and the gr8 Apache Web Server Hmmm. I always prefer to install these things separately so I know what I have running and where (on a separate hard drive with access only to that directory, say e:\webserver\Apache, e:\webserver\mysql, e:\webserver\postgres, e:\webserver\php and then the webroot on yet another partition) Is a bit more messing around but better in the end. Am trying to keep my development environment more or less in line with what the average ISP is offering so no MySQL 5, and no PHP 5 for me yet. Thus now running Apache 1.3.32 (2.0 is not very stable on Windows yet), PHP 4.4.1, MySQL 4.1, and Postgres 8.0. Only difference is that I use a Windows machine instead of Linux as I do work with Flash and prefer the Windows version of their editor. Maybe on Linux 4.3 would be a better choice, but on Windows 4.1 is the actual "Generally Available" release as offered on www.mysql.com. > This is possible: the documentation tells me to just start > the service with 'mysqld --old-passwords' as option. But to come back to my original question, the server is up and running again (phew, urgent need for a testing platform...) after changing the following in the registry: in My Computer\HKLM\System\ControlSet001\Services\MySQL4 ImagePath = "E:\Webserver\MySQL\bin\mysqld-nt" --old-passwords=true --defaults-file="E:\ Webserver\MySQL\my.ini" MySQL4 MySQL on installation asks for a service name. However providing 'MySQL' here lead to the service consistently not starting. Had to change the service name to 'MySQL4'. Deinstalling the previous version doesn't remove the 'MySQL' entry from the registry and then the new version reads obviously wrong values from the registry... Maybe of use for others who want to update their MySQL installation under Windows. Marc Community email addresses: Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shortcut URL to this page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/php-list Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/php-list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
