Running MySQLd as standalone application on Windows

am3n — Sat, 03 May 2008 12:18:54 +0000

My friend asked me how to get MySQL running as Windows standalone application. So he can execute the mysql start-up command by putting it inside his application. So every time his application run, it also start up mysql daemon. He doesn’t want MySQL running as service every time Windows starts as someone can access the data from outside his program. So after couple of times trying, here it is.

Note:

I am using 3.23.58 version because it’s the simplest mysql binaries for Windows. But for enhanced feature and security, I think it can be done on newest mysql version.
I assume you save the zip file on drive C:\> and extract it there.

So here MySQL 3.23.58 Windows binary no install (trimmed version because this is all I need). And below is how to use it:

MySQL Windows version
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c:\>cd server\bin

- To start as standalone program
c:\server\bin>mysqld-nt.exe --standalone

- To shutdown
c:\server\bin>mysqladmin -u root [-pXXX] shutdown

- To change password
c:\server\bin>mysqladmin -u root password [oldpass] newpass

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