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Zend Java Bridge 32-bit

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I just wanted to see how Zend Server Community Edition might be broken. Performing a full feature install on Windows x64, I confirmed that Zend Server’s Java Bridge depends on the 32-bit JRE (common sense prevails). Installing it against the JRE 64-bit jvm.dll did raised an exception but none of the instructions address the problem.

It’s one of those simplifying assumptions – everybody knows 32-bit software works with 32-bit software. Anybody running on Windows XP x64 should know that they may need a JDK 64-bit and both a JRE 64-bit and JRE 32-bit for some applications. For those who don’t know this, like my students and other newbies, when you run Windows XP the 64-bit stuff goes in the C:\Program Files directory and the 32-bit stuff goes in the C:\Program Files (x86) directory. This lets you develop 32-bit or 64-bit Java applications on the same 64-bit machine.

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Another tidbit of interest, don’t choose a full install if you’ve already installed MySQL. The Zend Community Server isn’t smart enough to alter the configuration to another port, and their my.ini points to a 3306 listener port. This causes the MySQL_ZendServer51 service to fail. It also doesn’t uninstall well. If you don’t want to clean the Windows Registry, don’t choose to install a second MySQL.

As an FYI, the Zend installation of MySQL doesn’t put a password on the root account. Don’t forget to add one after the install if you go down the full product road. This has the Zend Server Community Edition installation instructions.

Written by maclochlainn

July 7th, 2009 at 9:39 pm