From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Aug 12 05:16:29 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id FAA18227 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 12 Aug 1997 05:16:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from locust.etext.org (locust.etext.org [141.211.26.90]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id FAA18222 for ; Tue, 12 Aug 1997 05:16:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (pauls@localhost) by locust.etext.org (8.8.7/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA16225; Tue, 12 Aug 1997 08:15:39 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 08:15:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Paul Southworth To: "Jamil J. Weatherbee" cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mysql: MySQL for FreeBSD 3.0 (fwd) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jamil, MySQL is a SQL server, it doesn't just "look like" one. Also, MyODBC for MySQL is available for Windows 95 and NT. This is how you would access a MySQL server from an NT client using "MSQUERY" or Excel, for example. Go to the MySQL web site for details. http://www.tcx.se/ --Paul On Mon, 11 Aug 1997, Jamil J. Weatherbee wrote: : : :Speaking of mysql can someone give me an idea if it is possible to have :mysql look like a sql (or any other commercial sql server) to a windows nt :client. I want to set up a sql server on my freebsd machine (are there any :commercial sql servers that are _easy_ to get to work with nt as a client :[micro$oft access denied] ) I am willing to pay { well to a reasonable :extent } since it is to be for commercial use, of course I like the fact :that msql has a c library interface --- but how to get i so that access :can look at some tables. : : : : :On Mon, 11 Aug 1997, Paul Southworth wrote: : :> :> Test release is available for people who want to try MySQL using FreeBSD :> 3.0 native threads. :> :> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- :> Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 12:27:55 +0300 (EET DST) :> From: monty@tcx.se :> Reply-To: monty@analytikerna.se, mysql@tcx.se :> To: mysql@tcx.se, mysql-announce@tcx.se :> Subject: mysql: MySQL for FreeBSD 3.0 :> :> :> For those that want to test MySQL on FreeBSD 3.0 with native threads :> and sockets, there is now a binary version available. This can be found :> at 'http://www.tcx.se/.' :> :> This is a port of the 3.21.5 version. If one want's to compile this :> oneself on can get: :> :> ftp://www.tcx.se/pub/mysql/hidden/mysql-3.21.5-alpha.tar.gz :> :> NOTE: :> :> One must install the FreeBSD libc_r patch BEFORE configuring the :> source version. :> :> >From INSTALL-SOURCE: :> :> ------ :> The pthreads library for FreeBSD doesn't contain the sigwait function :> and there is some bugs in it. To fix this, get the FreeBSD-3.0-libc_r-1.0.diff :> file and run this in the /usr/src/lib/libc_r/uthread directory. Follow after :> this the instructions that can be found with 'man pthread' about how to :> recompile the libc_r library. :> :> You can test if you have a 'modern' libpthread.a with: :> :> > nm /usr/lib/libpthread.a | grep sigwait. :> :> If the above doesn't find sigwait you have to use the above patch and recompile :> libc_r. :> :> ------- :> :> Yours, Monty :> :> :