Luke, I believe the 'mysql' database (system) does NOT use InnoDB. The best thing to do would be to change your database to skip-innodb, check that the server is working, and then delete the innodb data and log files.
-Sheeri On 2/21/06, Luke Vanderfluit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi. > > I have a database that is fairly large and I'm doing some testing with 2 > different mysql packages, one 32-bit, one 64bit, for comparison's sake. > > Now I've finished with one of the dbs and I want to reclaim the disk space. > > I've tried deleting a few (large) tables from the database, thinking > this would free up space, however the mysql/var/ibdata1 file doesn't > change in size. > > How can I get rid of a table or even complete database to reclaim disk > space? > I don't really want to delete the ibdata1 file, because that will also > delete the system database right? > I've already tried drop database and that doesn't show reduced disk > space either. > > I'm doing this on a solaris 9 box. > Any input appreciated. > > Thanks. > Kind regards. > > -- > Luke > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
