Hi Charles, Having spoken to "somebody" from MySQL AB in person last month here in Tokyo I know that the problem seems to be adressed currently. What I dont know is when, how and which new mechanism will be applied to the mailing list.
Best regards Nils Valentin Tokyo/Japan 2003年 6月 4日 水曜日 10:06、Charles L. Nelson さんは書きました: > Hi, > > I recently posted an email about 'Inoperable Symbolic Links in Win2K Pro ' > and I subsequently subscribed to the belief that MySQL would fail when > installed in a location that was different that the default location. I > tried a myriad of things to get the database system to function correctly. > I could not get it to work when it was installed as a service or when the > data was located somewhere different that drive c. > > > > After a couple of days I gave up and removed MySQL. But since I am > evaluating databases for use on my clients as well as my own platforms, I > decided to try using MySQL one more time. But this time I went back > through six months of mail list archives and found the answer to my > problems with MySQL. I had access to the drive where I was installing the > data restricted and when the MySQL attempted to access the drive an error > was generated. > > > > The whole point of this story is two things, > > > > 1.) My setup was the problem and not the software > > > > and > > > > 2.) The mail list archive would benefit from some organizing. Maybe the > mail threads could be arranged into sections of similar information. > > > > I would be willing to help. > > > > CLN -- ================================================ Valentin Nils Internet Technology E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.knowd.co.jp ================================================ -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
