Sadly, not well at all. GPL and CPL are not compatible. <sigh/> On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Dale Stewart <dale.stew...@meresoftware.com>wrote:
> MySQL++ is a nice wrapper library, not sure how well the GNU LGPL licensing > fits in with WiX though. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] > Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 2:33 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Setting up a MySQL database as part of > installation > > Personally, if I knew how to communicate with MySQL and had time, I'd > quickly go in and tweak the C++ code (or copy it into a new block of code > then tweak it) to add the MySQL functionality. I expect MSSQL and MySQL > aren't that different... but I honestly haven't played with MySQL much. > > Or, you could run an executable and condition it to run correctly in all > configurations. Personally, I dislike trying to get all those conditions > right. It's just too error prone compared to using the WcaComponentTodo() > function in wcautil.lib. <smile/> > > On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 11:30 AM, William Newbery > <firelan...@hotmail.co.uk>wrote: > > > > > I would have a look at writing a proper extension, but write now I have > > 3 fairly large projects under-way so don't have time. Maybe if someone > > reminds me around July when two of those will be finished I'll have > > time to take a look :) > > > > So the best option as of now would be the separate program written > > specially for the task? > > > > > From: r...@robmensching.com > > > Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 07:52:04 -0800 > > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Setting up a MySQL database as part of > > installation > > > > > > MySQL support does not exist today, but it'd be cool if someone > > contributed > > > it! > > > > > > On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 7:02 AM, William Newbery < > > firelan...@hotmail.co.uk>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I've just started looking at using WiX to generate my Windows > > installers > > > > and am not sure how to handle this. I've seen a little bit of > > information > > > > regarding MS SQL Server, but not MySQL. > > > > > > > > > > > > I want to prompt the user to enter their database details (hostname, > > > > username, password, etc). I then want to check that the indicated > > database > > > > is a supported version, and set up tables and initial data. I also > > would > > > > like the ability to be able to upgrade the tables (and containing > > data!) > > > > from one version to another, without explicitly writing ALTER TABLE > > commands > > > > for every upgrade path. > > > > > > > > > > > > Is this currently possible with WiX, or is the best option to write > my > > own > > > > "database installer" for my application and execute it as a custom > > install > > > > sequence like I can with dxsetup.exe? > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > Do you have a story that started on Hotmail? 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