“The world’s most popular open source database” MySQL Community Server
MySQL has significantly improved the front side of its product by providing user-friendly interfaces for easy control and administration. This is clearly demonstrated in Workbench CD 5.238 which is included in MySQL Community Edition, a free downloadable version. In this tutorial, we are going to cover the basic installation of MySQL on Windows platform.
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1. Download the MySQL Community Server from the link above.
2. Double click on the mysql-installer-5.5.21.0.msi Windows Installer Package.
3. You will see the first Welcome screen. Click on Install MySQL Products:
4. Accept License Agreement and click on Next:
5. If you have access to the internet, then click on Execute to check if there are newer versions of the products:
6. Choose the type of the setup. I am selecting Full as I want all features to be included:
7. Requirements is checked and in this case, Microsoft Visual C++ runtime is missing. Click Execute to download the missing requirement:
8. Accept the License Terms and click on Install:
9. A final requirement check. Click on Next to proceed:
10. List of products to be installed is displayed. Click on Execute to proceed:
11. Progress Summary is displayed:
12. When all products are installed successfully, click on Next:
13. Products which require configuration is displayed. Click Next to proceed:
14. Choose the type of the configuration which you require for the MySQL server. Read the description for each type to learn about the differences. I am choosing Developer Machine since I am going to use it with other products and I want the minimal memory. Click Next to proceed:
15. Default Network and Security settings are displayed. Enter root account password and click Next to continue:
16. Confirm the configuration overview and click Next:
17. Products are going to be installed and a completion message is displayed in the end. Click on Start MySQL Workbench to start working with MySQL. Click Finish:
18. MySQL Workbench will start. As this is the first time, click on New Connection to create a connection to the database so that we can query:
19. Type in the connection name: MydbConnection and click on OK:
20. You will be prompted with root account password. Enter and click OK:
21. Now you can see your database objects on the left side and you can write your SQL query in the middle box.
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