I recently changed /etc/my.cnf to set myisam_data_pointer_size to 6, as we're starting to encounter quite a few tables that are larger than 4 GB. However, the create table statements used by the software application using the DB don't seem to be creating tables with pointers > 4 bytes.
Recent creation (a month or two! after restarting the DB service) Creation time: 2005-09-07 16:35:06 Datafile pointer (bytes): 4 Keyfile pointer (bytes): 4 Manually altering the table to a large max_rows and rebuilding the table works fine, and updates the pointer size to 5+. Accessing files beyond 4 GB is not an issue. What's the point of setting the value (and restarted the mysql service) if it doesn't actually do anything? :) Or, what have I done wrong? -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
