Delphi IDE 和 MySQL 32 位和 64 位版本

Question

I have seen references to this over the web, but can't seem to configure this correctly. I am using Delphi XE8

I am devloping a Delphi based 64-bit MySQL application for MySQL after installing MySQL 64-bit, which works fine.

However, I need to make design-time changes in the IDE, such as viewing tables, mapping db-aware controls to the fields, etc.

I initially installed the 64bit MySQL, not knowing that the 32-bit Delphi IDE would need the 32-bit MySQL for IDE developing/editing/inspecting.

So I don't think I can have both 32 AND 64 bit MySQL installed on the same machine using the same 3306 port (or maybe I can?).

Does this mean if i want to inspect or work in the 32 bit IDE environment that I can't use the 64 bit MySQL? I have already designed a database in the 64 bit MySQL.....

I saw references to adding the paths to the FDDrivers.ini files, but I can't seem to get this going.

Please any thoughts?? Doug

Answer 1

Delph needs neither a 32bit nor a 64bit MySQL server, it just needs the correct client libraries ("drivers"). This imnplies, that you can keep your 64bit MySQL server on port 3306 and just install the 32bit client libraries. This should install quite fine in parallel to your existing 64bit client libs.

Just to make that clear: A 32bit client can talk to a 64bit server and vice versa. Only the server needs a listening port.