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CSC 602 – Assignment #1 9/10/08Chris Grenard
Installation Notes
For the installation of a DBMS I chose MySQL 5.x Community Edition to install on
my MacBook running OSX. I went to the website www.mysql.com and found a package
version to install on the site.
I downloaded the following disk image: mysql-5.0.67-osx10.5-x86.dmg and
installed it as shown below:
The installation went as smoothly as possible; there were no problems at all to report
during the install process.
I then downloaded the GUI tools to administer and query the database. I downloaded the
file mysql-gui-tools-5.0-r12-osx10.4-universal.dmg, also from the mysql.com
website. The install of the admin and query tools was simple and straightforward. There
were no installation problems to report.
Chris Grenard CS602 Assignment #1
Although the installations of both the server and client tools were uneventful, I
discovered a problem when I tried to add new users to the database. You must be logged
in as root in order to add/edit/delete new users. So I researched how to create another
account on the Mac called root (same as the Unix user root) that allowed me to go in
and add myself as a new user, in addition to the existing admin account.
I then created an account named chris@localhost:
Here is the working admin console:
Chris Grenard CS602 Assignment #1
I created a database called TEST and a table called EMPLOYEE and added some sample records to test the installation.
Query Analyzer in use:
At this point, I feel I was successful installing this DBMS to my computer and am ready
to proceed with a stable system.
Chris Grenard CS602 Assignment #1