So, I’m working on a programming project on the side. It is a database-driven web app, thus it is important that I have a working database.
Only, I don’t.
For some reason my installation of MariaDB crashes after two to three days of operation. It is part of the XAMPP package, which is an installation package for installing Apache, MariaDB, and PHP on Windows machines. These are core technologies for web app development.
I had this problem a few months ago, and I reinstalled XAMPP, which solved the problem. Things went along well for a while, then MariaDB crashed on me again. I ended up re-installing XAMPP again, and I was back in action. Again, things ran along nicely for a while.
Then MariaDB started crashing. Regularly. I did many searches on why MariaDB was crashing and what might be done about it. Went through many different troubleshooting tutorials trying to get MariaDB stabilized, none of which resolved the problem. I’ve re-installed XAMPP four times now, and MariaDB is still crashing.
This didn’t use to be a problem. When I had my laptop set up and running, XAMPP ran just fine and I had no database crashes. Even with my current desktop it ran fine for quite some time. I don’t know if it was a Windows update pushed out by Microsoft, or some update within XAMPP or MariaDB itself, but something changed and screwed the pooch with my development environment.
I’m starting to think that there is some glitch within Windows, the registry or something like that, that is holding on to some process that is crashing MariaDB when it is installed with XAMPP.
My next step is to uninstall XAMPP, then install Apache, MariaDB, and PHP individually. Then I’ll have to do some configuration to get them all to play nicely with one another. I’m not looking forward to that but it is the only other thing I can think to do. I need a stable development environment.
Got any ideas, my Hordeling? If so, leave a comment and let me know.
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