Urial: Why are you so phobic about running MySQL as a service? I can think of no reason to not run it as a service if the operating system will permit you to do so. Since you can configure the service to either run automatically or be controlled manually, it would seem as though you have the best of both worlds.
Running as a service has nothing whatever to do with serving any other machines on the network. You can run MySQL locally whether it is running as a service or not. If you don't want to use the service control manager (or whatever M$ calls it in WinXP) then write a set of batch files to start/stop the service. Gerald Jensen -----Original Message----- From: Uriel Wittenberg [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 3:24 AM To: Ed Carp; Gerald R. Jensen; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Paul DuBois; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Starting/stopping server on WinXP Home standalone -- what's appropriate way? I generally read responses to my requests for help with care ... and gratitude! So I did read Paul's post. To my knowledge it doesn't answer my (subsequent) question: > Is there some other way to have the MySQL server running on a > standalone Win > system other than as a service? Which way is appropriate for standalone? But then I don't know what "registered" is and can't see any reference to this word in the WinXP "Computer Management" utility, or the MySQL service's properties there. I am asking in case having the server as a Win "service" is only needed when serving other machines on a network but there's a better way of running the server for local use. Is this "Computer Management" utility what Paul's referring to as the "Services Manager"? Do I have to use that tool to manually start the server (as per Paul), or can I do C:>NET START ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Carp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Uriel Wittenberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Gerald R. Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Paul DuBois" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 10:28 PM Subject: RE: Starting/stopping server on WinXP Home standalone -- what's appropriate way? > I want to have manual startup/shutdown but still am not sure of the > appropriate way to do this. Change the startup type from "Automatic" to "Manual". > The "Computer Management" utility allows me to stop the service and/or > change the service startup type to manual or "disabled." Is "disabled" the > same as removing the service? No. > Is there some other way to have the MySQL server running on a > standalone Win > system other than as a service? Which way is appropriate for standalone? Read Paul's previous post. Like Paul said: > Alternatively, if the service is registered, you can change it to be > a "manual" service rather than an "automatic" service. Then you use > the Services Manager to start it up as a service, but you have to do > so yourself. It won't start whenever Windows starts. sql, query --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
