Gerald, > How closely does the MySQL Service on Win32 platforms conform to any known > standard for installing/removing services?
> I raise the question because the vendor that provides the utility we use to > create our installation package claims that MySQL uses non-standard commands > for installing and removing services. As a result, they say, we cannot > expect their program to install or remove the service. > The irony is ... their program **does** install the service. It just can't > stop the service and remove it. > We use a third-party installer because we package the six databases our > software suite requires with MySQL. I'm not sure I'm getting what you're after, but here's what MySQL does: shell> mysqld --install # installs a service with the name Mysql shell> mysqld --install MyMySQL # installs a service with the name MyMySQL shell> mysqld --remove # removes a service with the default name (Mysql) shell> NET START Mysql # starts the service called Mysql shell> NET STOP Mysql # stops the service called Mysql "shell>" would be something like "c:\mysql\bin>", depending on where you've installed MySQL. "mysqld" may as well be a different flavour of the MySQL server, e.g. "mysqld-max-nt". What "--install" does is write a couple of entries to the Windows registry, and "--remove" will delete those entries. I don't know whether that procedure is considered "standard" on Windows systems or not; if it isn't, you might want to have a look at what "--install" actually writes, and then use a standard way of writing those entries (using a .reg file or whatever). Regards, -- Stefan Hinz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> iConnect GmbH <http://iConnect.de> Heesestr. 6, 12169 Berlin (Germany) Telefon: +49 30 7970948-0 Fax: +49 30 7970948-3 [filter fodder: sql, mysql, query] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
