Wednesday, April 17, 2013

[MySQL] Installing MySql on windows 7 no-installer


Getting the MySQL service to work
  • Extract the file contents to desired directory.
  • Create a 'my.ini' file in the root of the new directory.
  • Copy the following info into my.ini:
[mysqld]
 basedir = C:/mysql
datadir = C:/mysql/data
port = 3306
socket = /tmp/mysql.sock


  • In command line, run ' mysqld --install ' to add the MySQL service
  • Run MySQL service 
  • Then just run mysql to start mysqling. lol
Creating Users

  • Run mysql
  • Type in: create user 'username'@'localhost' identified by 'password'
  • Grant privileges by using the following as guidelines:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'monty'@'localhost' -> IDENTIFIED BY 'some_pass' WITH GRANT OPTION;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'monty'@'%' -> IDENTIFIED BY 'some_pass' WITH GRANT OPTION; GRANT RELOAD,PROCESS ON *.* TO 'admin'@'localhost';
GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO 'dummy'@'localhost';

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