If you have installed the ATG platform on Microsoft Windows, your installation includes a preconfigured MySQL database. The MySQL database is intended for evaluation and development purposes only. Before deploying your application in a production environment, you should configure both your application server and ATG products to use a production-quality database management system such as Oracle or Microsoft SQL Server. For more information, see the ATG Installation and Configuration Guide.
To use the MySQL evaluation database on Microsoft Windows:
Start MySQL. See MySQL Database for Development and Evaluation in the ATG Installation and Configuration Guide.
Follow the instructions below, to create and populate versioned database tables as required by Merchandising and, optionally, Oracle ATG Web Commerce Consumer Commerce, Oracle ATG Web Commerce Business Commerce, and Oracle ATG Web Commerce Search.
If you intend to use other ATG applications beside Search, see the documentation for each application to learn the database table requirements.
Import data required by Merchandising. See Importing Required Data.
