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<blockquote data-quote="CathodeRay" data-source="post: 1148373" data-attributes="member: 128074">Methinks it's MP not me who is making life more difficult <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />I don't think I jumped the gun - some of you have been actively encouraging me to try SQLExpress (though in fairness others have gone the opposite way) and as far as I was concerned I was only installing a separate database engine. The *only* thing I did that involved anything from MP was to *test* the connection. I take the point about there being no database at that point but MySQL for all its fault handles this - it just creates a new mptvdb. I was hoping the same would happen with SQLExpress - not an unreasonable hope. What I did not expect was that it would fry MP.Incidentally, the current problem is TVService won't start, even from services.msc where I can see MySQL is started. It comes up with Error 1075 and some mumbo jumbo about dependencies. The test database connection works fine though and the connection string in gentle.config is as it should be, and mptvdb is still there, all reported as OK on running an auto-repair. Well, that's quite a big carrot, maybe I will get round to doing a ground zero reinstall with SQLExpress. But first I'm going to get on with the rest of my life!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CathodeRay, post: 1148373, member: 128074"] Methinks it's MP not me who is making life more difficult ;) I don't think I jumped the gun - some of you have been actively encouraging me to try SQLExpress (though in fairness others have gone the opposite way) and as far as I was concerned I was only installing a separate database engine. The *only* thing I did that involved anything from MP was to *test* the connection. I take the point about there being no database at that point but MySQL for all its fault handles this - it just creates a new mptvdb. I was hoping the same would happen with SQLExpress - not an unreasonable hope. What I did not expect was that it would fry MP. Incidentally, the current problem is TVService won't start, even from services.msc where I can see MySQL is started. It comes up with Error 1075 and some mumbo jumbo about dependencies. The test database connection works fine though and the connection string in gentle.config is as it should be, and mptvdb is still there, all reported as OK on running an auto-repair. Well, that's quite a big carrot, maybe I will get round to doing a ground zero reinstall with SQLExpress. But first I'm going to get on with the rest of my life! [/QUOTE]

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