Re: [cobalt-users] Installing MySQL on the Cobalt RaQ4i

["Steve Werby" <steve-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Networkers Web Services" <web@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> How does one go about installing MySQL on the RaQ4i??

Grab the source code from www.mysql.com, gunzip it, untar it and read the
instructions and consult the manual at www.mysql.com and decide what
configuration options work best for you.

> Apparently it comes
> with PostgreSQL (by Inprise [formally Borland])

You are correct, PostgreSQL is pre-installed.   PostgreSQL has no connection
to those companies though.  Inprise sells a RDBMS called Interbase.

> already installed, so will
> MySQL disrupt PostgreSQL when it is installed?

By default they run on separate ports so unless you manually configure MySQL
to run on the same port as PostgreSQL they won't interfere with each other
in any way.

> (no-one is using Postgre on
> our RaQ4i, so we can 'uninstall' it if necessary to make MySQL work)...

Perhaps you don't have a human PostgreSQL user, but the RaQ4 stores user and
site data in a PostgreSQL database.  Unless you plan on abandoning the
Cobalt GUI do not disable PostgreSQL.  In any case, I'd keep PostgreSQL
installed.  It's a much more advanced RDBMS than MySQL and you may find that
it's better suited for a specific project someday or that a client requests
access to it.

--
Steve Werby
President, Befriend Internet Services LLC
http://www.befriend.com/