Re: Unix binary installations somewhere other than in /usr/local

2002-01-29 Thread John Murdie
On 28 Jan, Paul DuBois wrote: >On 28 Jan John A. Murdie wrote: >>I decided that it was probably simpler just to build from source - I'm >>on a Solaris 2.8 system - and so it proved to be. I was careful to use >>the recommended configure options. >> >>I found that I had to build in the installation

Re: Unix binary installations somewhere other than in /usr/local

2002-01-28 Thread John Murdie
On 26 Jan, To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I'd like to see an explicit statement that it is possible to install a > binary distribution of MySQL in some non-standard place, or not, as the > case might be. If it *is* possible, I'd like to see full instructions > for doing this. Thanks to the two p

Unix binary installations somewhere other than in /usr/local

2002-01-26 Thread John Murdie
I've read the document `Installing a MySQL Binary Distribution' that comes with each Unix binary distribution, and the MySQL manual (http://www.mysql.com/documentation/mysql/full/), and the DynamicFAQ under `Installation' (http://swfaq.mysql.com/sw/bin/17/supportwizard.cgi/07375836), but have foun

Physical storage of databases

2001-07-23 Thread John Murdie
Is there a FAQ for users of mySQL? I can't find one on the web site. The O'Reilly book (``MySQL and mSQL'', by R. J. Yarger, George Reese and Tim King) has proved useful. One question I'd like to know the answer to is whether I have to have all the files which store my various user's databases in