MySQL Project Status

Installations

• A test MySql database and its server, mysqld were built from sources and installed on a SLAC Linux machine last month. No problems have arisen yet, under admittedly light use by Tony Waite and me.
• A client-only binary distribution has been installed on a Solaris machine and an NT box. It contains several executables, including one to support interactive SQL sessions, and a client library and associated include files for building user clients. I've used the interactive SQL program from both machines with no problems.

First Application: Tracker Strip Status Bits

• I've made summary and data tables via an SQL script for hot and dead strips.
• I've written a couple little stand-alone programs linked against the MySQL client library for adding lists of hot or dead channels and have used them to insert Taka's lists for the testbeam run.

Notes

• The stand-alone programs are not in the form we would want for a production system, but are close to good enough for testbeam.
• The Windows source is not normally available for non-paying customers, and the build as distributed is done with VC++ 5.0. Hence there may be a bit of extra work to do to link our own client application against the MySQL client library on NT, but I'm confident it can be dealt with one way or another.