How to Build MySQL on Windows
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[edit] How to Build MySQL on Windows
- Date: 2007-09-06
- Presenter: Reggie Burnett
- Scribe: Peter Lavin
- Attendees (please register by filling in your name below, and read the Instructions for Attendees):
- Giuseppe Maxia
- Todd Farmer
- Carsten Segieth
- Alexander Nozdrin
- Georg Richter
- Mark Schoonover
- Ingo Strüwing
- Hakan Kuecuekyilmaz
- John David Duncan
- Jörg Brühe
- Tonci Grgin
- Andrey Hristov
- add your name here ....
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[edit] Questions
[edit] Questions asked before the session
- It would be nice to have this session "for occasional Windows users", i.e. for users of different operating systems who need to build a MySQL application from time to time
- That's exactly who it is for so I'm not sure what they are asking here.
- Reggie, if you are going to test the steps that you are proposing, I suggest the following:
- apply the steps to a VMWare virtual machine with a fresh installation of Windows. This way, you won't overlook any necessary steps
- once you are done, release the VM image to the intranet, so that the employees can plug it in and use it- Iggy has put together a VMWare image and made it available on the intranet. I've asked Iggy to update his VM to include the items that I went over.
- How is the licensing solved when MySQL developers want to install Windows in a virtual machine (or use the VM image)? Is there an instance/address where I can get a license? Do I have to buy one somewhere and get it reimbursed?
- MySQL employees can get a Windows license from IT. In fact, there's a ready-to-run virtual machine available for download from the MySQL intranet. This page describes where to get it, how to set it up, and where to report the license usage. (Stefan)
[edit] Questions asked during the session
- Question: Can you explain what Intellisense does?
- Answer: [Reggie]You can see the signature and all the arguments of any function you hover over. If the function is in the global namespace use "::" and a pop-up menu comes up. And I can choose whichever function I want. [Iggy]IntelliSense also works in the debugger. You can see variable types and values while debugging. Makes the VS debugger very easy to use. [Reggie] You also have visualizers --little plug-ins that give you a current image -- a way of visualizing data.
- Question: Does MS Visual Studio support profiling?
- Answer: If you're talking about C, C++ profiling the answer is no. For the managed world but not for the unmanaged world. I haven't really checked it out but I don't believe they've done anything in VS 2008 either.
- Question:This session will be repeated in Heidelberg, right?
- Answer: Yes it will be repeated in Heidelberg if I can get can Iggy to work with me to do a session -- I [Reggie] won't be here. I'll will get in touch with Iggy to see if a session can be arranged.