MySQL Bugs: #22668: Start up without server running (or present)

Bug #22668	Start up without server running (or present)
Submitted:	25 Sep 2006 15:17	Modified:	14 Jan 2009 16:56
Reporter:	Yahoo Serious (Silver Quality Contributor)	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Administrator	Severity:	S4 (Feature request)
Version:	1.2.3 rc	OS:	Windows (Windows 2000)
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
It would be nice if Administrator could start up without a server running.  However, I can not get past the login-window.  It actually has a button for start service, but one can only use that if it was stopped after Administrator was started!  (Whereas I can stop/start the service from Windows Service-menu, without password or login)

It would also be nice if Administrator could start up without a server present.  This way I can easily acces the pages, help, etc, e.g. for writing bug-reports/feature-requests, or directions for colleagues.

Now I had to install the server on my desktop, because I do not want to keep the connection to the external server open for that sort of thing.  (It is on the machine of a customer at another location through a firewall and all that.)

How to repeat:
Install MySQL Administrator on a PC without a (running) server.
Start MySQL Administrator.
Try to get past the login window.

Suggested fix:
Add a button to the login window: "Do not log in" or "Do not connect"

Many thanks for writing a feature request. We are on the way to implement MySQL Administrator into MySQL Workbench. Your feature request alraedy exist in Workbench.