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Date:	Sat, 29 Sep 2001 20:23:47 +0200
From:	Stipe Tolj <tolj AT wapme-systems DOT de>
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Subject:	Re: Mysql
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> > I moved from linux /usr/inclode/mysql files into my cygwin include
> > dir.
> 
> Don't do that.
> 
> You need libraries for MySQL. Build them from the MySQL source, using:
> 
> ./configure --without-server
> 
> Of course, you will have to get the native Windows server if you want to
> run the server locally.
> 
> A caveat: MySQL for Windows uses named pipes to talk to local clients,
> whereas the MySQL library you compile will want to use UNIX sockets. I
> found the easiest way to get them talking was to always use a host of
> 127.0.0.1, forcing INET sockets. Under perl DBI, if you use "localhost,"
> somebody decides to be smart and use UNIX sockets anyway.
> 
> An additional caveat: There is probably a better way to do the above.
> Stipe?

precompiled libraries of mysqlclient-3.x are available at
http://www.student.uni-koeln.de/cygwin/

but may also be compiled with a more recent code base with the above
configure swtich.

Stipe

tolj AT wapme-systems DOT de
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