"Jan Bartholdy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 06/13/2005 07:18:22 AM:
> I want to use a mysql database in a cygwin application (GRASS). Should I > install mysql under cygwin or does exist any possibilities to use the > database with myodbc under cygwin only? Thanks, Jan > > ____________ > Virus checked by G DATA AntiVirusKit > Version: AVK 15.0.5403 from 10.06.2005 > If I understand Cygwin correctly, it is a Linux shell that runs under Windows. That gives you 6 possible working combinations to use MySQL. server - Cygwin, client - Cygwin server - Cygwin, client - win server - win, client Cygwin server - win, client - win server - other (any OS), client - Cygwin server - other (any OS), client - win However, you say that your client is a Cygwin application (GRASS) so that limits you to configurations 1, 3, and 5. You can setup and operate a MySQL server either inside of Cygwin (config 1) or within the Win32 environment that is hosting your Cygwin environment (config 3) or on a completely different machine (config 5). How you connect GRASS to MySQL is completely up to its (GRASS's) implementation. If GRASS needs ODBC to talk to MySQL then you will also need ODBC installed within Cygwin but that does not mean you must put your MySQL server there, too. I am NOT a Linux (or Cygwin) expert so I cannot help you to configure your GRASS client but I think I covered your question about what your client/server installation options are. Shawn Green Database Administrator Unimin Corporation - Spruce Pine
