About MariaDB5.5 is not a valid WIN32 application

Operating system: Windows XP SP3

Database: MariaDB 5.5.49

Cause of the problem:

Open the mysqld.pdb file using a text editor.

In 13 rows and 1012 columns, you will find the following information:

This means that v5.5.49 is compiled with Microsoft Visual Studio 2013! This version of the compiled EXE by default is not supported by XP.

Also mysqld.pdb (3 rows and 1199 columns), the information in the MySQL community release package is as follows:

This shows that MySQL Community edition v5.5.49 is compiled with Microsoft Visual Studio 2008! This version of the compiled EXE is supported by default for XP.

VS and version comparison (from Baidu Encyclopedia)

Name	Internal version	C-Class language	Basic class language	Java class language	Other languages
Visual Studio	4.0	Visual C + + 4.0	Visual Basic 3.0		Visual FoxPro 4.0
Visual Studio 97	5.0	Visual C + + 5.0	Visual Basic 5.0	Visual J + + 1.1	Visual FoxPro 5.0
Visual Studio 6.0	6.0	Visual C + + 6.0	Visual Basic 6.0	Visual J + + 6.0	Visual FoxPro 6.0
Visual Studio. NET 2002	7.0	Visual C + + 2002Visual C # 2002	Visual Basic 2002	Visual J # 1.0	-
Visual Studio. NET 2003	7.1	Visual C + + 2003Visual C # 2003	Visual Basic 2003	Visual J # 1.1	-
Visual Studio 2005	8.0	Visual C + + 2005Visual C # 2005	Visual Basic 2005	Visual J # 2.0	-
Visual Studio 2008	9.0	Visual C + + 2008Visual C # 2008	Visual Basic 2008	-	-
Visual Studio 2010	10.0	Visual C + + 2010Visual C # 2010	Visual Basic 2010	-	Visual F #
Visual Studio 2012	11.0	Visual C + + 2012Visual C # 2012	Visual Basic 2012		Visual F # 2012
Visual Studio 2013	12.0	Visual C + + 2013Visual C # 2013	Visual Basic 2013		Visual F # 2013
Visual Studio 2015	14.0	Visual C++2015visual C # 2015	Visual Basic 2015		Visual F # 2015
Visual Studio RTM	14.0	Visual C++2015visual C # 2015	Visual Basic 2015		Visual F # 2015

About MariaDB5.5 is not a valid WIN32 application