====== Portable MySQL setup ======
  - the MySQL is just the original MySQL in binary package format
  - initial data folder <code>./scripts/mysql_install_db</code>
  - give data folder permission <code> sudo chown -R mysql data/</code>
  - start demon <code>sudo ./bin/mysqld_safe --defaults-file=./etc/my.cnf  -h 127.0.0.1</code>
    - or try <code>./bin/mysql_upgrade --defaults-file=./etc/my.cnf  -h 127.0.0.1 -u root -p</code>
  - test <code>mysql --defaults-file=./etc/my.cnf -h 127.0.0.1 dbName</code>
  - initial password <code>mysqladmin -u root password MyPass</code>
  - stop server <code>mysqladmin --defaults-file=./etc/my.cnf -h 127.0.0.1 -u root -p shutdown</code>
  - note: .frm file is the database file


====== config files ======

  * ./etc/my.cnf <code>
# Example MySQL config file for small systems.
#
# This is for a system with little memory (<= 64M) where MySQL is only used
# from time to time and it's important that the mysqld daemon
# doesn't use much resources.
#
# You can copy this file to
# /etc/my.cnf to set global options,
# mysql-data-dir/my.cnf to set server-specific options (in this
# installation this directory is /usr/local/mysql/data) or
# ~/.my.cnf to set user-specific options.
#
# In this file, you can use all long options that a program supports.
# If you want to know which options a program supports, run the program
# with the "--help" option.

# The following options will be passed to all MySQL clients
[client]
#password	= your_password
port		= 3306
socket		= '/Volumes/Paris/.shios/tmp/mysql.sock'

# Here follows entries for some specific programs

# The MySQL server
[mysqld]
port		= 3306
socket		= '/Volumes/Paris/.shios/tmp/mysql.sock'
#--shi
skip-networking
skip-innodb
datadir='/Volumes/Paris/.shios/data'
#--end
skip-locking
key_buffer_size = 16K
max_allowed_packet = 1M
table_open_cache = 4
sort_buffer_size = 64K
read_buffer_size = 256K
read_rnd_buffer_size = 256K
net_buffer_length = 2K
thread_stack = 128K

[mysql.server]
user=mysql
basedir='/Volumes/Paris/.shios/mysql-5.1.40-osx10.4-i686'

# Don't listen on a TCP/IP port at all. This can be a security enhancement,
# if all processes that need to connect to mysqld run on the same host.
# All interaction with mysqld must be made via Unix sockets or named pipes.
# Note that using this option without enabling named pipes on Windows
# (using the "enable-named-pipe" option) will render mysqld useless!
# 
#skip-networking
server-id	= 1

# Uncomment the following if you want to log updates
#log-bin=mysql-bin

# binary logging format - mixed recommended
#binlog_format=mixed

# Uncomment the following if you are using InnoDB tables
#innodb_data_home_dir = /usr/local/mysql/data/
#innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:10M:autoextend
#innodb_log_group_home_dir = /usr/local/mysql/data/
# You can set .._buffer_pool_size up to 50 - 80 %
# of RAM but beware of setting memory usage too high
#innodb_buffer_pool_size = 16M
#innodb_additional_mem_pool_size = 2M
# Set .._log_file_size to 25 % of buffer pool size
#innodb_log_file_size = 5M
#innodb_log_buffer_size = 8M
#innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit = 1
#innodb_lock_wait_timeout = 50

[mysqldump]
quick
max_allowed_packet = 16M

[mysql]
no-auto-rehash
# Remove the next comment character if you are not familiar with SQL
#safe-updates

[myisamchk]
key_buffer_size = 8M
sort_buffer_size = 8M

[mysqlhotcopy]
interactive-timeout
</code>

====== Tools and Software ======

  * MySQL Workbench for SQL Database design: http://www.mysql.com/products/workbench/