source compilatio or install precompiled packages

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi list, Why is recommended the precompiled package install way (as i read in the downloads page)? Thanks, Jose -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFP

HELP mysql.sock is missing in Mac OS X

I start MySQL and it seems to start the server normally >TrentCioran:/usr/local/mysql TrentCioran$ sudo ./bin/mysqld_safe >Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /usr/local/mysql/data >040512 21:27:05 mysqld ended but when i try to open the mysql console it sends me the message: >TrentCior

lost sa password

Hi all: Long time ago I've installed MySQL on my Debian Machine and I'm pretty sure I did'n left the "sa" pwd blank as recommended. Now, I'm installing other apps that need that "sa" pwd in order to be installed properly butI can't remember the pwd. is possible to recover the sa passwo

Problems BDB tables

Hi. This is my first post to this list, and it's about a problem we have with BDB tables in MySQL. From time to time when we retrieve data from a table we don't get right answer, i mean, we get part of the result set. Then if we make an "optimize table " and try to retrieve same data we get right