nick rothwell | project cassiel

OK, so I'm using Bill Orcutt's MySQL object on one machine (Max/MSP 

4.5.7, OS X 10.4.6) and it works fine. The external is "mysql.mxo", 

complete with icon, although it appears to be something akin to a 

I copy it across to a second machine, and the bundling breaks: I just 

see the "mysql.mxo" directory with all its contents. And Max/MSP 

(Runtime on this machine) cannot load it.

As far as I know, the two machines (a TiBook and a Mac mini) are 

pretty much identical system-wise and Max-installation-wise, but 

downloading the MySQL object from maxobjects.com directly on the Mac 

mini doesn't fix the problem. Is there some "bundle bit" manipulation 

Aside: I've been thinking about a minor refactoring the loadbang.net 

http://www.loadbang.net/space/Software/net.loadbang-SQL)

so that it would support connection to external MySQL databases, as 

well as the embedded HSQLDB database. This would seem to be a good 

time to do that, except that (predictably) I have an installation 

work going live in less than a week... But hey, what's contingency 

nick rothwell -- composition, systems, performance -- 

OK, so I'm using Bill Orcutt's MySQL object on one machine (Max/MSP  
4.5.7, OS X 10.4.6) and it works fine. The external is "mysql.mxo",  
complete with icon, although it appears to be something akin to a  
bundle internally.

I copy it across to a second machine, and the bundling breaks: I just  
see the "mysql.mxo" directory with all its contents. And Max/MSP  
(Runtime on this machine) cannot load it.

As far as I know,  the two machines (a TiBook and a Mac mini) are  
pretty much identical system-wise and Max-installation-wise, but  
downloading the MySQL object from maxobjects.com directly on the Mac  
mini doesn't fix the problem. Is there some "bundle bit" manipulation  
needed, or some permissions issue?

Aside: I've been thinking about a minor refactoring the loadbang.net  
SQL package (http://www.loadbang.net/space/Software/net.loadbang-SQL)  
so that it would support connection to external MySQL databases, as  
well as the embedded HSQLDB database. This would seem to be a good  
time to do that, except that (predictably) I have an installation  
work going live in less than a week... But hey, what's contingency  
time for?

   nick rothwell -- composition, systems, performance -- http:// 
www.cassiel.com


mysql object: package spills its contents