> Hi, > > CA Lists wrote: >>> Hi Joseph, >>> >>> Joseph Koenig wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I'm running MySQL 5.0.27-standard-log on RHEL 4. After install, I moved the >>>> data directory of MySQL. I updated everything that SELinux complained >>>> about, >>>> etc., and have a functional install of MySQL. It's actually been up and >>>> running with no issues for months. However, every time I run a mysqldump, I >>>> get: >>>> >>>> mysqldump: Got error: 1017: Can't find file: 'general_log' (errno: 2) when >>>> using LOCK TABLES >>>> mysqldump: Couldn't execute 'show create table `general_log`': Can't find >>>> file: 'general_log' (errno: 2) (1017) >>>> mysqldump: Couldn't execute 'show create table `slow_log`': Can't find >>>> file: >>>> 'slow_log' (errno: 2) (1017) >>>> >>>> My dump proceeds and just spits these errors out to me. From what I can >>>> tell, no harm is done, as the dump is full and is perfectly usable for >>>> restoring databases from. However, it's driving me nuts. Is there any way >>>> to >>>> create the necessary tables now so that MySQL does actually start logging >>>> everything they way it should be able to and also will make these errors go >>>> away? Thanks in advance, >>> It's a hard to tell from this description what is the matter. Can you >>> connect >>> via >>> mysql and run "SHOW CREATE TABLE slow_log" without errors? If so, what >>> storage engine >>> do they use? It sounds to me like they might be using the CSV storage >>> engine >>> and the >>> file isn't there. Error 2 is 'OS error code 2: No such file or >>> directory' >>> according >>> to perror. >>> >>> You probably don't want to mysqldump a big CSV file of your general log, at >>> least not >>> if you're using this for backups (but maybe you do, I don't know). >>> >>> In short, you might want to DROP the tables instead of creating them. >>> >>> Baron >> >> Thanks for the reply. I went and checked a few things and in my data dir, >> there is a mysql.log file that is actively logging any mysql activity. In >> data dir/mysql there is a general_log.CSM, general_log.CSV, general_log.frm, >> and the same goes for slow_log. However, the .CSV files are empty. Based on >> this, any additional thoughts for me? > > What is the output of SHOW CREATE TABLE? > > Baron >
Sorry, forgot to include that. It's: ERROR 1017 (HY000): Can't find file: 'general_log' (errno: 2) -- Joseph Koenig Creative Anvil, Inc. Ph: 314.773.2611 FX: 314.773.2942 http://www.creativeanvil.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
