Question

My dev team uses WAMP for the php/Mysql environment but i just learnt that uses MySQL 5.1 and MySQL is at 5.5 now. Can I get the mysql upgraded to 5.5 separately without any issue to make it work with WAMP or is there any patch for WAMP to get the latest mysql?

I want to ensure they work with the latest build of MySQL but i am not sure if it is as simple as download mySQL 5.5 and it gets auto-added to the WAMP server, or if there are compatible? I assume since WAMP never updated their MySQL something is not compatible?

Answer 1

Found this for you:

STEP1: (x represents a number)

Download the latest version of MySQL
first… Copy the new folder of
mysqlx.x to wamp\bin\mysql\ Check if
the folder of mysql and all database
files exist in mysqlx.x\data folder.
If the mysql folder doesn’t exist,
copy it from a working previous
version of mysql.

Check if mysqlx.x\bin folder and all
executable files in it exist. Check if
the folder mysqlx.x\share exist. If
they don’t exist, then the extraction
of the latest version of mysql isn’t
done properly.

Check if mysqlx.x\my.ini file exist.
If it doesn’t exist, copy the file
from the previous wokring version of
wamp mysql in wamp\bin\mysql\mysqlx.x
Open the file from the latest mysql
version, edit all occurrences of
“mysqlx.x” in that file to the
“mysqlx.x” as the latest version
number.

For example, if you see the line
“basedir=c:/wamp/bin/mysql/mysql4.1”
in my.ini file, then edit it to
“basedir=c:/wamp/bin/mysql/mysqlx.x”
as mysqlx.x is the lastest version
you’ve just downloaded. Normally there
are only two occurrences you need to
edit:
basedir=c:/wamp/bin/mysql/mysqlx.x and
datadir=c:’wamp/bin/mysql/mysqlx.x/data

STEP2:

Copy the wampserver.conf file in the
previous version of wamp mysqlx.x
folder to wamp\bin\mysql\mysqlx.x. You
would need to open it with notepad and
edit the line:
$mysqlConf[‘mysqlExeFile’] =
‘mysqld-nt.exe’; to
$mysqlConf[‘mysqlExeFile’] =
‘mysqld.exe’;

Look at the mysqlx.x\bin directory and
find out if there is a mysqld.exe or
mysql-nt.exe file. If there is no
mysql-nt.exe file, then change that
line as mentioned.

STEP3:

Shutdown the wamp2 server (by right
click on wamp tray icon and click
exit). Then restart the wamp server.
Restart all services. You should see
the mysql newest version displayed in
wamp mysql menu. Just click on the
latest version to enable it, then you
have the newest mysql version running
with wamp server.