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- This is a small README, which is intended for a first installation of the
- binary version of the mysqlgui GUI client program. (If you are using a
- source distribution, you will find all the information needed for building
- mysqlgui in the INSTALL.TXT file, located in the doc subdirectory.)
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- The binary distribution includes a mysqlgui executable program, a help
- file MySQL.help, and example configuration files.
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- If this package is labeled semi-static and you have problems starting
- mysqlgui, please download, install, and try a static version instead.
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- Beginning with mysqlgui version 1.7.0, all you have to do to install the
- binary version is unpack it and copy the executable to some directory
- named in your PATH setting. You may also want make a link or shortcut
- to mysqlgui and place it on your desktop or in some menu.
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- When you start mysqlgui for the first time, you'll need to tell it how to
- connect to the MySQL server. To do this, click on the ``Options'' button.
- Select the ``Server'' tab and fill in the fields that indicate where to
- find the server. On Unix, if you have problems with mysqlgui not knowing
- the location of the socket file for connections to localhost, enter the
- full pathname of the socket file in the ``SQL command on the start-up''
- field. On Windows, this field is used if you wish to specify the named pipe
- option. Then select the ``Client'' tab and fill in your MySQL user name.
- Take care to select the right value for the ``Ask for password'' button,
- depending on whether or not you want mysqlgui to prompt you for your
- MySQL password. After you have filled in the server and client values,
- click on the ``Save'' button. From then on, each time mysqlgui starts up,
- it will connect to the MySQL server automatically.
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- The distribution includes two sample configuration files, my.cnf for
- Unix and my.cnf.win for Windows. These files outline possible ways to
- configure the mysqlgui program. Each file contains comments indicating
- where to install it so that mysqlgui will find it when it starts up. The
- Windows file is similar to the Unix file except that HOME characters
- (`~') should be omitted from directory and file pathnames and drive
- letters must be used instead. Also, under Windows, any pathnames should
- be specified using `/' characters. If you use backslashes (`\') instead,
- they must be doubled, like this:
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- c:\\first_dir\\second_dir...
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- Send your bug reports to:
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- sinisa@mysql.com
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- January 10, 2001
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