This is a situation where u should use mysqlhotcopy. That gives u a snapshot of the current table and lets u work on it "offline" while the real table is available.
hotcopy table A to B blank table A to allow inserts work on table B merge A into B delete A rename B to A -- Chris Wagner CBTS GE Aircraft Engines [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
