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However, you can turn it around. Once you have created a MySQL or other SQL database on the UNIX machine, you may then obtain the Windows ODBC driver for the database (mySQL has a package called myODBC) and use the UNIX database as a data source for your PC-based database program.
Here is a quick procedure that might get you started:
mysqladmin shutdown safe_mysqld --skip-grant-tables &Obviously, you will want to study mySQL permissions and set up some security pretty quickly. It has excellent capability in that area, and the FAQ will help you get over the hurdles.
mysqladmin create odbc_test mysql odbc_test
Make an SQL query to set up a table, for example:
mysql> create table test_me ( code char(20), testdata char(20) ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.29 sec) mysql> insert into test_me VALUES ('key1', 'data1'); Query OK, 1 rows affected (0.00 sec) mysql> insert into test_me VALUES ('key2', 'data2'); Query OK, 1 rows affected (0.00 sec) mysql>