Hello.
Looks like it is a bug. See: http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=7883 Duncan Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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? > > -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.NET http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Gleb Paharenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.NET <___/ www.mysql.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
