If you are installing from a packaged source distribution, create a work directory (for example, C:\workdir), and unpack the source distribution there using WinZip or another Windows tool that can read .zip files. This directory is the work directory in the following instructions.

If you are installing from a Bazaar tree, the root directory of that tree is the work directory in the following instructions.

Using a command shell, navigate to the work directory and run the following command:

C:\workdir>win\configure options

These options are available:

For example (type the command on one line):

C:\workdir>win\configure WITH_INNOBASE_STORAGE_ENGINE »
             WITH_PARTITION_STORAGE_ENGINE MYSQL_SERVER_SUFFIX=-pro

From the work directory, execute the win\build-vs8.bat or win\build-vs71.bat file, depending on the version of Visual Studio you have installed. The script invokes CMake, which generates the mysql.sln solution file you will need to build MySQL using Visual Studio..

You can also use win\build-vs8_x64.bat to build the 64-bit version of MySQL. However, you cannot build the 64-bit version with Visual Studio Express Edition. You must use Visual Studio 2005 (8.0) or higher.

From the work directory, open the generated mysql.sln file with Visual Studio and select the proper configuration using the Configuration menu. The menu provides Debug, Release, RelwithDebInfo, MinRelInfo options. Then select Solution > Build to build the solution.

The build process will take some time. Please be patient.

Remember the configuration that you use in this step. It is important later when you run the test script because that script needs to know which configuration you used.

You should test you build before installation. See Section 2.4.15.6.4, “Testing a Windows Source Build”.

To install, use the instructions in Section 2.4.15.6.3, “Installing MySQL from a Source Build on Windows”.

Create a work directory (for example, C:\workdir).

Unpack the source distribution in the aforementioned directory using WinZip or another Windows tool that can read .zip files.

Start Visual Studio .Net 2003 (7.1).

From the File menu, select Open Solution....

Open the mysql.sln solution you find in the work directory.

From the Build menu, select Configuration Manager....

In the Active Solution Configuration pop-up menu, select the configuration to use. You likely want to use one of nt (normal server), Max nt (more engines and features), or Debug configuration.

From the Build menu, select Build Solution.

Debug versions of the programs and libraries are placed in the client_debug and lib_debug directories. Release versions of the programs and libraries are placed in the client_release and lib_release directories.

You should test you build before installation. See Section 2.4.15.6.4, “Testing a Windows Source Build”.

To install, use the instructions in Section 2.4.15.6.3, “Installing MySQL from a Source Build on Windows”.

Create the directories where you want to install MySQL. For example, to install into C:\mysql, use these commands:

C:\> mkdir C:\mysql
C:\> mkdir C:\mysql\bin
C:\> mkdir C:\mysql\data
C:\> mkdir C:\mysql\share
C:\> mkdir C:\mysql\scripts

If you want to compile other clients and link them to MySQL, you should also create several additional directories:

C:\> mkdir C:\mysql\include
C:\> mkdir C:\mysql\lib
C:\> mkdir C:\mysql\lib\debug
C:\> mkdir C:\mysql\lib\opt

If you want to benchmark MySQL, create this directory:

C:\> mkdir C:\mysql\sql-bench

Benchmarking requires Perl support. See Section 2.4.21, “Perl Installation Notes”.

From the work directory, copy into the C:\mysql directory the following directories:

C:\> cd \workdir
C:\workdir> copy client_release\*.exe C:\mysql\bin
C:\workdir> copy client_debug\mysqld.exe C:\mysql\bin\mysqld-debug.exe
C:\workdir> xcopy scripts\*.* C:\mysql\scripts /E
C:\workdir> xcopy share\*.* C:\mysql\share /E

If you want to compile other clients and link them to MySQL, you should also copy several libraries and header files:

C:\workdir> copy lib_debug\mysqlclient.lib C:\mysql\lib\debug
C:\workdir> copy lib_debug\libmysql.* C:\mysql\lib\debug
C:\workdir> copy lib_debug\zlib.* C:\mysql\lib\debug
C:\workdir> copy lib_release\mysqlclient.lib C:\mysql\lib\opt
C:\workdir> copy lib_release\libmysql.* C:\mysql\lib\opt
C:\workdir> copy lib_release\zlib.* C:\mysql\lib\opt
C:\workdir> copy include\*.h C:\mysql\include
C:\workdir> copy libmysql\libmysql.def C:\mysql\include

If you want to benchmark MySQL, you should also do this:

C:\workdir> xcopy sql-bench\*.* C:\mysql\bench /E

Copy the Bazaar source tree for MySQL 5.0. For instructions on how to do this, see Section 2.4.15.3, “Installing from the Development Source Tree”.

Configure and build the distribution so that you have a server binary to work with. One way to do this is to run the following command in the top-level directory of your source tree:

shell> ./BUILD/compile-pentium-max

After making sure that the build process completed successfully, run the following utility script from top-level directory of your source tree:

shell> ./scripts/make_win_src_distribution

This script creates a Windows source package to be used on your Windows system. You can supply different options to the script based on your needs. See Section 4.4.3, “make_win_src_distribution — Create Source Distribution for Windows”, for a list of allowable options.

By default, make_win_src_distribution creates a Zip-format archive with the name mysql-VERSION-win-src.zip, where VERSION represents the version of your MySQL source tree.

Copy or upload the Windows source package that you have just created to your Windows machine. To compile it, use the instructions in Section 2.4.15.6.2, “Building MySQL from a Windows Source Distribution”.