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Re: Mysql
> > I moved from linux /usr/inclode/mysql files into my cygwin include
> > dir.
>
> Don't do that.
>
> You need libraries for MySQL. Build them from the MySQL source, using:
>
> ./configure --without-server
>
> Of course, you will have to get the native Windows server if you want to
> run the server locally.
>
> A caveat: MySQL for Windows uses named pipes to talk to local clients,
> whereas the MySQL library you compile will want to use UNIX sockets. I
> found the easiest way to get them talking was to always use a host of
> 127.0.0.1, forcing INET sockets. Under perl DBI, if you use "localhost,"
> somebody decides to be smart and use UNIX sockets anyway.
>
> An additional caveat: There is probably a better way to do the above.
> Stipe?
precompiled libraries of mysqlclient-3.x are available at
http://www.student.uni-koeln.de/cygwin/
but may also be compiled with a more recent code base with the above
configure swtich.
Stipe
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