For experimental / learning purposes, I want to install MySQL on a
Windows XP computer that already has SQLServer installed and running
on it. Will this combination work ok? Do these two play well together?

Thanks for any advice.

On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:06:08 -0700, Martin wrote:
> For experimental / learning purposes, I want to install MySQL on a
> Windows XP computer that already has SQLServer installed and running
> on it. Will this combination work ok? Do these two play well together?

It should work just fine. Ideally, they'll not play together at all and
will simply ignore each another.

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On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:59:36 -0500, "Peter H. Coffin"
<hellsop@ninehells.com> wrote:

>On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:06:08 -0700, Martin wrote:
>> For experimental / learning purposes, I want to install MySQL on a
>> Windows XP computer that already has SQLServer installed and running
>> on it. Will this combination work ok? Do these two play well together?
>
>It should work just fine. Ideally, they'll not play together at all and
>will simply ignore each another.

You are right. A few years ago I did it and they didn't
bite eachother at all.
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On Mar 27, 7:04 pm, Martin <ironwoodcan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:33:44 +0100, Kees Nuyt <k.n...@nospam.demon.nl>
> wrote:
>
> >On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:59:36 -0500, "Peter H. Coffin"
> ><hell...@ninehells.com> wrote:
>
> >>On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:06:08 -0700, Martin wrote:
> >>> For experimental / learning purposes, I want to install MySQL on a
> >>> Windows XP computer that already has SQLServer installed and running
> >>> on it. Will this combination work ok? Do these two play well together?
>
> >>It should work just fine. Ideally, they'll not play together at all and
> >>will simply ignore each another.
>
> >You are right. A few years ago I did it and they didn't
> >bite eachother at all.
>
> Ok - I've downloaded it, installed it, and everything appears to be
> working as it should. Now I just have to learn how to do everything
> that needs to be done.

The first thing that needs to be done is format the drive and install
a real operating system.

>
> Thanks for the feedback.

On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:49:07 -0700 (PDT), toby
<toby@telegraphics.com.au> wrote:

>The first thing that needs to be done is format the drive and install
>a real operating system.

Does SQLServer run on anything else than MS Windows
then? If not, your advice will not meet the OPs needs.
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)
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On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:49:07 -0700 (PDT), toby wrote:
> On Mar 27, 7:04 pm, Martin <ironwoodcan...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Ok - I've downloaded it, installed it, and everything appears to be
>> working as it should. Now I just have to learn how to do everything
>> that needs to be done.
>
> The first thing that needs to be done is format the drive and install
> a real operating system.

Here, we are concerned with MySQL. MySQL runs as well on Windows as it
does on *BSD. OS advocacy isn't necessary, useful or ful.

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