Hi, I have been researching to see if it's possible to have a MySQL database with it's data files on a cd-rom, but could use some help to determine if I have found out the full truth of what's possible. I would appreciate any additional info people have to offer.
The situation I've been thinking about involves a MySQL database that is created and populated with data while the data files are in a directory on a regular hard drive. The database server is then shutdown, the data files are burned to a CD-R, and then the CD-R is distributed to another person. The person receiving the CD-R would have their installation of MySQL configured to access the data directly from the CD-R. The person receiving the CD-R would only have read access to the data, of course, unless they copy the data to their own hard drive, but since read access is what is wanted, this would not be a problem. An important factor is that the data is stored on a CD-R and the person receiving the data can use it directly from the CD-R without needing to copy it anywhere else. I have found that using MyISAM as the storage engine appears to work, but was wondering if other storage engines could be used as well. It appears from my attempts that InnoDB, Archive, and CSV cannot be used for the storage engines in this manner, but I thought that I may have overlooked something. Once again, any additional info people have to offer would definitely be appreciated. Thanks.
