This is a RedHat thing. They make the RPMs. The MySQL guys make the
tarballs. I use the tarballs, and put them in /usr/local/mysql-version,
with a symlink from /usr/local/mysql to the "current" version. That way,
I can have more than one version installed, and switch between them
(handy for u
I am an experienced database developer (Sybase on Solaris mostly) but new to MySQL on
Linux (so please feel free to redirect me to a more suitable forum if that is
appropriate).
Question 1:
I have just downloaded and installed the RPM version of MySQL 4.0 on a RH7.1 system.
In reading the doc
