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Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -----Original Message----- From: Jim Lyons <jlyons4...@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 23:50:13 To: <chaim.rie...@gmail.com> Cc: MySQL<mysql@lists.mysql.com> Subject: Re: Resend: enabling storage engine with RPM install What configuration parameter in the config file could have an impact on whether a particular storage engine is supported? The binaries are built before the config is even used. I don't mind posting the file, but I don't see the point. The question is pretty simple, can one add a storage engine to an RPM install? The config file follows. Thanks. [client] socket = /db/data/mysql.sock port = 3306 [mysqld] socket = /db/data/mysql.sock datadir = /db/data tmpdir = /db/tmp port = 3306 user = mysql max_allowed_packet = 1024M lower_case_table_names=0 log-bin=/db/binlog/tlsgriffin01-bin sync_binlog = 1 expire_logs_days = 14 log-error=/db/log/tlsgriffin01-err.log log-slow-queries=/db/log/tlsgriffin01-slow.log long_query_time = 1 log_warnings=2 server-id = 101 skip-slave-start sysdate-is-now log_bin_trust_function_creators=1 skip-external-locking key_buffer_size = 128M query_cache_size = 256M table_cache = 4096 thread_concurrency = 14 thread_cache_size = 0 open_files_limit = 10240 max_connections = 1000 skip-bdb read_buffer_size = 64M read_rnd_buffer_size = 64M sort_buffer_size = 64M tmp_table_size = 512M max_heap_table_size = 250M myisam_sort_buffer_size = 64M myisam_max_sort_file_size = 20G innodb_data_home_dir = /db/innodb innodb_log_group_home_dir = /db/innodb innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:10M:autoextend:max:4G innodb_log_files_in_group = 2 innodb_log_file_size = 256M innodb_file_per_table innodb_buffer_pool_size = 400M innodb_additional_mem_pool_size = 80M transaction-isolation = READ-COMMITTED [mysqldump] quick max_allowed_packet = 16M [mysql] no-auto-rehash [myisamchk] key_buffer = 64M sort_buffer_size = 16M read_buffer = 16M write_buffer = 16M [mysqlhotcopy] interactive-timeout [manager] socket = /db/log/manager.sock pid-file=/db/log/manager.pid password-file = /db/data/.mysqlmanager.passwd monitoring-interval = 60 port = 1998 bind-address = tlsgriffin01 [mysql.server] use-manager On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:24 PM, <chaim.rie...@gmail.com> wrote: > Can you post you my.cnf please > > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile > > ------------------------------ > *From*: Jim Lyons > *Date*: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 23:06:33 -0600 > *To*: <chaim.rie...@gmail.com> > > *Subject*: Re: Resend: enabling storage engine with RPM install > How does one do that in my.cnf? > > It is possible to disable a supported engine by screwing up the my.cnf > configuration. For example, I once pointed the InnoDB data file to a > directory that still had root as its owner. The Innodb engined appeared as > DISABLED in the SHOW ENGINES output, but it was supported. I chown'd the > directory to the proper owner and it was fine. (This may be why I mistyped > InnoDB in my first post - I had InnoDB on my mind.) > > In the case of the FEDERATED engine in my database, it's not supported at > all. I don't think I can turn support on or off in my.cnf. I would love > it, if I could, though. > > On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 10:47 PM, <chaim.rie...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Perhaps you disabled it via my.cnf >> >> >> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jim Lyons <jlyons4...@gmail.com> >> >> Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:45:01 >> To: MySQL<mysql@lists.mysql.com> >> Subject: Re: Resend: enabling storage engine with RPM install >> >> >> Yes, I had a slip of the mind. The engine that was not supported by the >> install is the Federated engine. I apologize, I had a blind spot. The >> "SHOW ENGINES" command lists FEDERATED but has NO in the Support column. >> >> The question, though, is how does one add an unsupported engine to an RPM >> install? Is it possible? Otherwise I have to either compile from source >> or >> upgrade to a version that I hope will have it. >> >> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 10:08 PM, Baron Schwartz <ba...@xaprb.com> wrote: >> >> > Where on earth did you get an RPM that doesn't have InnoDB support? I >> > find this unlikely. I think it is more likely that you have some >> > configuration error that's causing InnoDB to disable itself on start. >> > How do you know InnoDB isn't supported? And by "isn't supported" I >> > mean "isn't compiled into mysqld". >> > >> > Per your commend that InnoDB wasn't installed with mysqld -- it is not >> > separate. It's built into the /usr/sbin/mysqld binary (or whatever >> > that is on your system). For example, look at this: >> > >> > strings /usr/sbin/mysqld | grep -i innodb >> > >> > If you see a bunch of lines starting with "InnoDB: blah blah", you >> > have a binary that includes InnoDB, and it's just disabled for some >> > reason. >> > >> > Baron >> > >> > On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 6:58 PM, Jim Lyons <jlyons4...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > > Sorry, but I'm resending because I made a mistake in terminology and >> want >> > to >> > > be clear. The problem isn't that innodb is "DISABLED" on the >> database. >> > The >> > > innodb engine is not supported by the database. >> > > >> > > We have 5.0.22 installed on a test machine and for some reason the >> innodb >> > > storage engine was not installed with it. We install from RPMs so I'm >> > not >> > > sure how to install the storage engine. If we compiled ourselves, we'd >> > > recompile but that's not an option. >> > > >> > > Does anyone know how to install a storage engine once mysql's been >> > installed >> > > by an RPM? How does one make the selections in the first place with >> > RPMs? >> > > We've always just taken what we got and it was sufficient. >> > > >> > > Thanks, >> > > Jim >> > > >> > > -- >> > > Jim Lyons >> > > Web developer / Database administrator >> > > http://www.weblyons.com >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Baron Schwartz, Director of Consulting, Percona Inc. >> > Our Blog: http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/ >> > Our Services: http://www.percona.com/services.html >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Jim Lyons >> Web developer / Database administrator >> http://www.weblyons.com >> >> > > > -- > Jim Lyons > Web developer / Database administrator > http://www.weblyons.com > -- Jim Lyons Web developer / Database administrator http://www.weblyons.com
