{"id":562,"date":"2006-01-20T10:43:42","date_gmt":"2006-01-20T00:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2006\/01\/20\/mysql-can-mysql-be-run-from-a-cdrom\/"},"modified":"2006-01-20T10:43:42","modified_gmt":"2006-01-20T00:43:42","slug":"mysql-can-mysql-be-run-from-a-cdrom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2006\/01\/20\/mysql-can-mysql-be-run-from-a-cdrom\/","title":{"rendered":"MySQL: Can MySQL be run from a CDROM?"},"content":{"rendered":"

MySQL: Can MySQL be run from a CDROM?<\/a><\/p>\n

The question is asked. The answer is – yes!<\/p>\n

Temporary tables can be store anywhere – e.g. the system’s temporary directory (\/tmp on unix, probably c:\\temp or something on windows… i’m sure there’s one of those %FOO% things for it).<\/p>\n

IIRC you may need to start it with a flag or something – but the embedded library – libmysqld (where the mysql server runs within your process – you link to libmysqld instead of libmysql).<\/p>\n

Of course, if you’re linking mysql with non-gpl code, you’ll need a license from us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MySQL: Can MySQL be run from a CDROM? The question is asked. The answer is – yes! Temporary tables can be store anywhere – e.g. the system’s temporary directory (\/tmp on unix, probably c:\\temp or something on windows… i’m sure … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mysql"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5a6n8-94","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3778,"url":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/17\/update-on-mysql-on-power8\/","url_meta":{"origin":562,"position":0},"title":"Update on MySQL on POWER8","author":"Stewart Smith","date":"2014-07-17","format":false,"excerpt":"About 1.5 months ago I blogged on MySQL 5.6 on POWER andtalked about what I had to poke at to make modern MySQL versions run and run well on shiny POWER8 systems. 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