To run MySQL on Windows, you need the following:
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A Windows operating system such as Windows 2000, Windows XP,
Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Server 2008. Both
32-bit and 64-bit versions are supported.
In addition to running MySQL as a standard application, you can
also run the MySQL server as a Windows service. By using a
service you can monitor and control the operation of the server
through the standard Windows service management tools.
Generally, you should install MySQL on Windows using an account
that has administrator rights. Otherwise, you may encounter
problems with certain operations such as editing the
PATHenvironment variable or accessing the
Service Control Manager. Once installed,
MySQL does not need to be executed using a user with
Administrator privileges.
TCP/IP protocol support.
Enough space on the hard drive to unpack, install, and create
the databases in accordance with your requirements (generally a
minimum of 200 megabytes is recommended.)
In addition to the MySQL Server package, you may need or want
additional components to use MySQL with your application or
development environment. These include, but are not limited to:
If you plan to connect to the MySQL server via ODBC, you need a
Connector/ODBC driver.
If you plan to use MySQL server with .NET applications, you need
the Connector/NET driver.
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/. See Section 2.1.3, “How to Get MySQL”.
MySQL for Windows is available in several distribution formats,
detailed below. Generally speaking, you should use a binary
distribution that includes an installer. It is simpler to use than
the others, and you need no additional tools to get MySQL up and
running. The installer for the Windows version of MySQL, combined
with a GUI Config Wizard, automatically installs MySQL, creates an
option file, starts the server, and secures the default user
accounts.
Binary installer distribution. The installable distribution
comes packaged as a Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) package
that you can install manually or automatically on your systems.
Two formats are available, an essentials package that contains
all the files you need to install and configure MySQL, but no
additional components, and a complete package that includes
MySQL, configuration tools, benchmarks and other components. For
more information on the specific differences, see
Section 2.5.2, “Choosing An Installation Package”
For instructions on installing MySQL using one of the MSI
installation packages, see
Section 2.5.3, “Installing MySQL with the MSI Package”.
Standard binary distribution format packaged as a Zip file
containing all of the necessary files that you unpack into your
chosen location. This package contains all of the files in the
full Windows MSI Installer package, but does not including an
installation program.
For instructions on installing MySQL using the Zip file, see
Section 2.5.5, “Installing MySQL from anoinstallZip Archive”.
The source distribution contains all the code and support files
for building the executables using the Visual Studio compiler
system.
For instructions on building MySQL from source on Windows, see
Section 2.5.10, “Installing MySQL from Source on Windows”.
Large Table Support
If you need tables with a size larger than 4GB, install MySQL on
an NTFS or newer file system. Do not forget to use
MAX_ROWSand
AVG_ROW_LENGTHwhen you create tables. See Section 12.1.17, “CREATE TABLESyntax”.
MySQL and Virus Checking
Software
Using virus scanning software such as Norton/Symantec Anti-Virus
on directories containing MySQL data and temporary tables can
cause issues, both in terms of the performance of MySQL and the
virus-scanning software mis-identifying the contents of the
files as containing spam. This is because of the fingerprinting
mechanism used by the virus scanning software, and the way in
which MySQL rapidly updates different files, which may be
identified as a potential security risk.
After installing MySQL Server, it is recommended that you
disable virus scanning on the main directory
(datadir) being used to store your MySQL table data. There is usually a system built into the
virus scanning software to allow certain directories to be
specifically ignored during virus scanning.
In addition, by default, MySQL creates temporary files in the
standard Windows temporary directory. To prevent the temporary
files also being scanned, you should configure a separate
temporary directory for MySQL temporary files and add this to
the virus scanning exclusion list. To do this, add a configuration option for the
tmpdirparameter to yourmy.iniconfiguration file.
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