Question

When building from source, the embedded server library is enabled by what?

(a) –with-embedded-server

(b) –with-server-embedded

(c) –with-embedded-library

(d) –with-library-embedded

This question was addressed to me during an internship interview.

This intriguing question originated from Session-Only System Variables in division System, Status and User Variables of MySQL

Answer 1

Right answer is (a) –with-embedded-server

Easy explanation: While building from the source, the embedded server library is enabled by using the option ‘–with-embedded-server’ while running ‘configure’. This applies equally to MySQL 5.0 and 5.1.