Bug #22274 Symbolic Links Redirection - Changes link address for libmysql.dll
Submitted: 12 Sep 2006 16:05 Modified: 13 Oct 2006 7:36
Reporter: alan herr Email Updates:
Status: No Feedback Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server Severity:S1 (Critical)
Version:MySQL 5.0.24a OS:Windows (Windows)
Assigned to: Assigned Account CPU Architecture:Any

[12 Sep 2006 16:05] alan herr 
Description:
7.6.1.3. Using Symbolic Links for Databases on Windows and 22.2. MySQL C API

When you use symbolic links for the location of the data base it also CHANGES THE PATH TO LIBMYSQL.DLL.

The error signature is

AppName: control_program.exe	 AppVer: 1.0.0.1	 ModName: libmysql.dll
ModVer: 0.0.0.0	 Offset: 000074b4

I am using the apache build Apache 2.2.3 on XP service pack 2

I am trying to redirect a database called demo_database

using a file named demo_database.sym

in the location C:\Program Files\xampp\mysql\data

containing 
C:\CetanNagin\demo_database\

I moved the data base to that location by copying the directory using click/copy/paste

How to repeat:
I alternately change back an forth between the normal data base location and the redirected location.  The problem only occurs when redirection occurs.
[13 Sep 2006 7:36] Sveta Smirnova 
If I understand correctly, error only occurs if you try to connect to mysqld using self client program?

Please, try to repeat the problem using mysql.exe command line client and if you could not, create small client program showing the problem and attach it to the bug report.
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