Lets get to it.

First thing to do is right click My Computer and select Properties:

Select Advanced tab and you’ll see what is shown in figure 2 above. Now click Environment variables button.

In the bottom box select Path as shown in figure 1 above. Click edit. You’ll get a box like figure 2 above with path highlighted. Click into the box at the end of the path and add:

;C:\path\to\mysql\bin for mySQL

;C:\path\to\php for PHP

Don’t forget the leading ” ; ” when adding the paths. Those are the path seperators.

That’s all there is to it. If you have any question post a comment. If you need one on one help visit the forum.

I’ll attach the batch files at the end of the post for those that don’t want to copy and paste the code. Now lets get started.

For the first method you’ll need the batch file and a text file with you FTP login information and you’ll need a command line zip program. You can use Winzip Command Line Tools if you have Winzip installed on the sever or7zip if you have it installed. I use GNU Gzip, you download it at the projects Sourceforge page, so this tutorial will be specific to it.

First the batch file to create the backup.

Copy and paste this into your text editor and save as mysql-ftp.bat:

@ECHO OFF

@REM Set directory variables.
SET basedir=C:\Backup
SET workdir=C:\Temp
SET mysqldir=C:\path\to\mysql\bin
SET gzipdir=C:\PROGRA~1\GnuWin32\bin
SET mysqlpassword=mysqlpassword
SET mysqluser=mysqluser

@REM Change to mySQL directory
CD %mysqldir%

@REM dump all databases.
mysqldump -u %mysqluser% -p%mysqlpassword% –all-databases >%workdir%\backup.sql

@REM Change to working directory
CD %workdir%

@REM Zip up databases
%gzipdir%\gzip.exe backup.sql

@REM Chage the file name to a random name
MOVE backup.sql.gz backup.%random%.gz

@REM FTP file offsite
FTP -n -s:%basedir%\ftp.txt

@REM Remove old backup files
del backup.sql
del backup.*.gz

@REM Change back to base dir
CD %basedir%

Some notes on the above.

• basedir is the directory you are launching the batch file from.
• workdir is the temp directory where the files are stored until the job is done.
• mysqldir is where your mysql binaries are.
• gzipdir is where you installed GNU gzip and this is default for the installer so no need to change it.
• mysqlpassword is the password to connect to mysql.
• mysqluser is mysql usr tht can connect to mysql.

Once the backup is made and FTP was sent the script will delete the backup file. If you want to keep the backups it created remove these lines.

@REM Remove old backup files
del backup.sql
del backup.*.gz


If you want to backup only one database instead of all of them change this line:

mysqldump -u %mysqluser% -p%mysqlpassword% --all-databases >%workdir%\backup.sql

To This:

mysqldump -u %mysqluser% -p%mysqlpassword% databasename >%workdir%\backup.sql

If you noticed this line,

FTP -n -s:%basedir%\ftp-commands.txt

You’ll now need the contents of the FTP script which you will place in the basedir where the batch file is. Here it is.

open
ftp.yourftpserver.com
user
username
password
bin
put backup.*.gz
quit


That’s it. Copy the batch file code, make any of the changes outlined above and call it backuptoftp.bat and copy the FTP script and name it ftp.txt.

Read on and I’ll give you another example that will make a date based backup and store it on your server for later transfer.

MySQL is prone to multiple vulnerabilities, including privilege-escalation and denial-of-service issues.

Exploiting the privilege-escalation vulnerability may allow attackers to perform certain actions with elevated privileges. Successful exploits of the denial-of-service issue will cause the database server to crash, denying service to legitimate users.

These issues affect versions prior to MySQL 5.0.52, MySQL 5.1.23, and MySQL 6.0.4.

To exploit these issues, attackers can use standard database client software in conjunction with standard operating system utilities.

Solution:
The vendor released updates to address these issues. Please see the references for more information.
Note that MySQL 6.0.4 and 5.1.23 have not been released yet.

If you follow this procedure you can have PHP and MYSQL upgraded in less than an hour.

Of course that doesn’t include the time it takes to download PHP and MYSQL. I will assume you have them downloaded. Lets get started. We’ll upgrade MYSQL first.

Upgrading MYSQL
As I said I assume you have the MYSQL zip already download. Use the zip nenver the installer. Extract the zip. You will have a directory called mysql-noinstall-4.1.16-win32 or something similar. The 4.1.16 will change depending on the version you downloaded. Inside that there will be mysql-4.1.6-win32 directory. Again the version number might be different. Rename mysql-4.1.6-win32 to mysql-4.1.16 and copy it to where ever you installed the version you want to upgrade. If your old version is at c:\mysql then copy the dir to C:\mysql-4.1.16.
Now copy my.ini from the old version of MYSQL to the new version. Open my.ini with Notepad and change

basedir=
datadir=
socket =

to reflect the new path to MYSQL. Example:

basedir=C:/mysql-4.1.6
datadir=C:/mysql-4.1.6/data
socket = C:/mysql-4.1.6/mysql.sock

Now we want to shutdown mysql. Open a command prompt and give this command.

C:\mysql\bin\mysqladmin -u root shutdown

Now all we have to do is uninstall the old service and install the service for the new version. First stop the MYSQL service.

net stop mysql

This will stop the MYSQL service. It might be a good idea to shutoff IIS first or you’ll get MYSQL errors on your site.
After the service is stopped then we want to uninstall the old service. At the command prompt use this command.

C:\mysql\bin\mysqld-max-nt.exe –remove

Now this assumes you installed mysqld-max-nt binary as the service. If you installed mysqld then adjust the command above to reflect the binary you used.
Once the old service is removed we can install the new service. First we want to make sure the new version of mysql runs without any problems. Give this command.

C:\mysql-4.1.16\bin\mysqld –console

After a short time you should see mysqld: ready for connections. If you see that then shutdown MYSQL so that we can move your databases and install the new service to finish up.
Once you know the new version of MYSQL works and have shutdown the new version it is time to move your database. Move into the old version of MYSQL and right click the data dir and select copy. Move into the new version of mysql and paste it overwriting the current data dir. That’s it. Once you have MYSQL upgraded and running you might want to optimize each database.
The last step. Install the new service and change the MYSQL path. To install the new service give this command.

C:\mysql-4.1.16\bin\mysqld-max-nt.exe –install

Yuor websites will now use the new version of MYSQL. Last thing you want to do is change the path variable to the new version. If you followed the tutorial to install MYSQL you’ll already have a path variable set to the old version. Just follow the procedure in instaling MYSQL to change the variable. If you don’t have the path variable follow the instaling MYSQL to set it.
MYSQL is now upgraded. Restart IIS, if you shut it down, and open a browser and navigate to your site. Everything should be running normally.
Next step is upgrading PHP. Lets get started.

First thing you want to do is head over to mysql and download the latest 4.1.x version. Just like you did when you downloaded PHP you want to download the zip. Do not download the installer package. Download mysql here.
Open a remote desktop connection to your server or use an ftp client to upload the mysql zip. You can use the same procedure I outlined in Windows: Installing PHP to transfer the zip. In any case you need to be connected to the server with RDP.

Unzip the package and you should be left with a directory named mysql-noinstall-4.1.16-win32 or something similar. Inside that folder you’ll have mysql-4.1.6-win32 dir. Rename that to mysql-4.1.16. When we installed PHP, I am assuming you read the PHP install tutorial and followed it to install PHP, you noticed I named the PHP folder in a similar way. There is a reason for this. It is much easier to upgrade to new versions. No need to overwrite any files. Windows can be quirky at time when files are overwritten. You could wind up with problems. Doing it this way you’ll never have to worry about the install not working. Doing it this way also allows you to run 2 different versions of mysql is you choose.

Once you renamed the folder you can move it to your C drive or whatever drive is your root drive. You should have C:\mysql-4.1.6 and inside all the mysql folders such as bin, data, and docs.
Enter the mysql dir and rename my-medium.ini to my.ini.

Open my.ini with Notepad. You should see this:

[client]
#password = your_password
port = 3306
socket = /tmp/mysql.sock

# Here follows entries for some specific programs

# The MySQL server
[mysqld]
port = 3306
socket = /tmp/mysql.sock
skip-locking
key_buffer = 16M
max_allowed_packet = 1M
table_cache = 64
sort_buffer_size = 512K
net_buffer_length = 8K
read_buffer_size = 256K
read_rnd_buffer_size = 512K
myisam_sort_buffer_size = 8M

#skip-networking

# Replication Master Server (default)
# binary logging is required for replication
log-bin

# required unique id between 1 and 2^32 – 1
# defaults to 1 if master-host is not set
# but will not function as a master if omitted
server-id = 1

[mysqldump]
quick
max_allowed_packet = 16M

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

[isamchk]
key_buffer = 20M
sort_buffer_size = 20M
read_buffer = 2M
write_buffer = 2M

[myisamchk]
key_buffer = 20M
sort_buffer_size = 20M
read_buffer = 2M
write_buffer = 2M

[mysqlhotcopy]
interactive-timeout

Now we need to add a couple lines to the file.
At the top of the file just under
[mysqld]
Add these 2 lines.

basedir=C:/mysql-4.1.6
datadir=C:/mysql-4.1.6/data

Now we have to change mysql.sock path to the correct path. There are 2 places to change this. Both are at the top of the file. One in the [client] section and one just below the paths you added.
Change

socket = /tmp/mysql.sock
to
socket = C:/mysql-4.1.6/mysql.sock

That’s all the editing you need to do. Once your site is getting a large amount of traffic you can tweak my.ini to optimize performance. Save the changes and close Notpad.
Open a command prompt, Start > Run > cmd.exe.
First start mysql to make sure everything works. To do that run this command.

C:\mysql-4.1.16\bin\mysqld –console

After it runs you should see some lines of text with the last being.

mysqld: ready for connections

If there is no errors then your ready to install mysql as a service. To do that first shutdown mysql with this command

C:\mysql-4.1.16\bin\mysqladmin -u root shutdown.

To install the service invoke this command.

C:\mysql\bin\mysqld-max-nt.exe –install

Mysql is now set to start whenever you reboot the server. Now lets start the service. To do that invoke this command

net start mysql

You should see some text that says mysql is now ready for connections. If it doesn’t start open Services manager and scroll down to the mysql service and see if the path to the binary is correct. The only time I ever had problems was when I invoked the install command without using the full path to the binary. If you did as stated above there should be no errors.
Now there is one last thing to do. Add the mysql bin directory to your path so that you can work at the command line without having to be in the mysql bin dir or using the full path to the dir.

To add mysql to your path right click My Computer. Select Advanced tab. Click Environment Variables. In the second box highlight PATH and select edit. Add

;C\mysql-4.1.16\bin

to the end of the path. Make sure you add it exactly as above including the ;.

Now open another command window and type mysql. You should see mysql > ready for connections.
Close the box. Congrats you now have mysql installed. You’ll want to head over to http://mysql.com and read the documentation to set root passwords and add new users.