Packing MySQL 4.0.13 along with our product...

[sundar78]

We are building Applications Manager product which monitors
servers (Application servers,web server,..), DB servers,
Port monitoring, URL monitoring and much more...

For this at the back-end we are planning to use MySQL DB
with versions greater than 4.0.13.

We don't want to force the users to install MySQL 4.0.13 for
trying / running our product, also we don't want users to
uninstall older versions (lesser than 4.0.13) of MySQL
already installed in their machines.

For windows we are packing MySQL (all the data dir,
binaries) along with our product.
We like to do the same for linux version also.
Even if the older version is running, we will start MySQL
4.0.13 (bundling with our product) in a different PORT, so
in no case it doesn't disturbs or interrupts the version
that is already installed/running in their machines.

Has anyone tried similar to this by packing MySQL, if so
kindly help us in resolving any discripencies you faced.

Thanks & Regards,
Sundar

 

[apatterno]

What you've done should work without problems.

By the way, at least on Linux, there's a library that ships with MySQL called libmysqld - a self-contained server that can be embedded in a program. You might want to check it out.

Note: It might be a good idea to either open up your sources or buy a commercial license if you distribute MySQL with your program. That way you can't get sued

_{I REALLY hope that helps.}
Will