SCO 507 + MYSQL

[Walter Vaughan]

E Arredondo wrote:

> I have a fresh installation of OSR 507 with all the latest patches , Is 
> MYSQL installed already ? Is there a guide that will take me through the 
> steps to set it up on OSR 507 ? If it's not installed by default where can I 
> get it because on the MYSQL website they only have downloads for all flavors 
> of OS's except SCO.

> What version should I use ?

Depends upon what you are trying to do, and how you are going to use filePro 
with it.

There many versions of what is called MySQL. Ignoring for a second MaxDB, there 
are 3.*, 4.*, 5.* at a minimum. Each is a different product

3.* two years ago was what got the whole *nix/Apache/MySQL/Php scene rocketing
4.* is basically a rewrite. Larger memory footprint, nothing new for fpODBC
5.* is going after MS-SQL/Oracle with stored events and triggers

"High-level" fileProODBC will see each of them the same, so it comes down to 
what can you install the best. If your are going to use "low-level" fileProODBC, 
you will be sending SQL commands directly to the server, and may be able to use 
the newer features of 5.x.

http://downloads.mysql.com/archives.php?p=mysql-3.23&o=pc-sco

or you can roll your own compile from a source download. These notes may help:
http://mysqld.active-venture.com/SCO.html
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/os-sco.html

OR

you could download a 200 meg or so FreeBSD 4.11 minumum install CD, and less 
than 30 minutes or so you could have fully functioning MySQL server. In fact I 
know I spent more time writing this message for you than it would have taken me 
to just have done it (I'm guessing 18-20 minutes).

--
Walter