Zend Java Bridge 32-bit
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.
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.