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Installing MySQL on Microsoft Windows Using a
• Named pipes are enabled only if you start the server with the
option. It is necessary to use this option explicitly because some users have experienced problems
with shutting down the MySQL server when named pipes were used.
• Named-pipe connections are permitted only by the
2.10.4.4. Starting the Server for the First Time
This section gives a general overview of starting the MySQL server. The following sections provide
more specific information for starting the MySQL server from the command line or as a Windows
service.
The information here applies primarily if you installed MySQL using the
wish to configure and test MySQL manually rather than with the GUI tools.
The examples in these sections assume that MySQL is installed under the default location of
\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server
you have MySQL installed in a different location.
Clients have two options. They can use TCP/IP, or they can use a named pipe if the server supports
named-pipe connections.
MySQL for Windows also supports shared-memory connections if the server is started with the
--shared-memory
protocol=MEMORY
For information about which server binary to run, see
Type".
Testing is best done from a command prompt in a console window (or "DOS window"). In this way you
can have the server display status messages in the window where they are easy to see. If something is
wrong with your configuration, these messages make it easier for you to identify and fix any problems.
To start the server, enter this command:
shell> "C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin\mysqld" --console
For a server that includes
it starts (the path names and sizes may differ):
InnoDB: The first specified datafile c:\ibdata\ibdata1 did not exist:
InnoDB: a new database to be created!
InnoDB: Setting file c:\ibdata\ibdata1 size to 209715200
InnoDB: Database physically writes the file full: wait...
InnoDB: Log file c:\iblogs\ib_logfile0 did not exist: new to be created
InnoDB: Setting log file c:\iblogs\ib_logfile0 size to 31457280
InnoDB: Log file c:\iblogs\ib_logfile1 did not exist: new to be created
InnoDB: Setting log file c:\iblogs\ib_logfile1 size to 31457280
InnoDB: Log file c:\iblogs\ib_logfile2 did not exist: new to be created
InnoDB: Setting log file c:\iblogs\ib_logfile2 size to 31457280
InnoDB: Doublewrite buffer not found: creating new
InnoDB: Doublewrite buffer created
InnoDB: creating foreign key constraint system tables
InnoDB: foreign key constraint system tables created
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When the server finishes its startup sequence, you should see something like this, which indicates that
the server is ready to service client connections:
Note
Most of the examples in this manual use
choose to use a different server, such as mysqld-nt, make the appropriate
substitutions in the commands that are shown in the examples.
[420] option. Clients can connect through shared memory by using the
[231] option.
support, you should see the messages similar to those following as
InnoDB
InnoDB: Started
noinstall
--enable-named-pipe
and
mysqld-nt
mysqld
5.0. Adjust the path names shown in the examples if
Section 2.10.4.3, "Selecting a MySQL Server
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servers.
mysqld-debug
as the server name. If you
version, or if you
Noinstall
C:
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