c:\dbs>c:\dbs\5.1\bin\mysqld --defaults-file=c:\dbs\5.1\my.ini --standalone --console 090324 13:06:02 [Warning] option 'innodb-autoextend-increment': unsigned value 33554432 adjusted to 1000 090324 13:06:05 InnoDB: Started; log sequence number 0 46410 090324 13:06:06 [Note] Event Scheduler: Loaded 0 events 090324 13:06:06 [Note] c:\dbs\5.1\bin\mysqld: ready for connections. Version: '5.1.34-Win X64 revno: 2772-log' socket: '' port: 3510 Source distribution 090324 13:08:53 - mysqld got exception 0xc0000005 ; This could be because you hit a bug. It is also possible that this binary or one of the libraries it was linked against is corrupt, improperly built, or misconfigured. This error can also be caused by malfunctioning hardware. We will try our best to scrape up some info that will hopefully help diagnose the problem, but since we have already crashed, something is definitely wrong and this may fail. key_buffer_size=8384512 read_buffer_size=131072 max_used_connections=1 max_threads=151 threads_connected=1 It is possible that mysqld could use up to key_buffer_size + (read_buffer_size + sort_buffer_size)*max_threads = 338110 K bytes of memory Hope that's ok; if not, decrease some variables in the equation. thd: 0x50dd2f0 Attempting backtrace. You can use the following information to find out where mysqld died. If you see no messages after this, something went terribly wrong... 000000014000A861 mysqld.exe!Field_str::store()[field.cc:6484] 0000000140130AAA mysqld.exe!fill_record()[sql_base.cc:8098] 0000000140130B3E mysqld.exe!fill_record_n_invoke_before_triggers()[sql_base.cc:8143] 0000000140151913 mysqld.exe!mysql_insert()[sql_insert.cc:749] 0000000140164B2E mysqld.exe!mysql_execute_command()[sql_parse.cc:3088] 000000014017C5D1 mysqld.exe!Prepared_statement::execute()[sql_prepare.cc:3568] 000000014017E5D6 mysqld.exe!Prepared_statement::execute_loop()[sql_prepare.cc:3241] 000000014017E7CE mysqld.exe!mysql_stmt_execute()[sql_prepare.cc:2464] 0000000140168A03 mysqld.exe!dispatch_command()[sql_parse.cc:1172] 00000001401698A7 mysqld.exe!do_command()[sql_parse.cc:857] 00000001401FAC17 mysqld.exe!handle_one_connection()[sql_connect.cc:1115] 000000014026EE25 mysqld.exe!pthread_start() 00000001403B4E57 mysqld.exe!_callthreadstart()[thread.c:295] 00000001403B4F25 mysqld.exe!_threadstart()[thread.c:275] 00000000772DC3BD kernel32.dll!BaseThreadInitThunk() 0000000077424581 ntdll.dll!RtlUserThreadStart() Trying to get some variables. Some pointers may be invalid and cause the dump to abort... thd->query at 0000000049179430=INSERT INTO double_test(id) VALUES (1.23) thd->thread_id=3 thd->killed=NOT_KILLED The manual page at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/crashing.html contains information that should help you find out what is causing the crash.