My point was that this is a configuration file, text, not a program.
Still, there should be an appendix in the documentation that lists all
of the options rather than have this hunt-and-seek approach.
Quoting Paul DuBois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> At 8:15 PM -0400 6/12/01, William M. Quarles wrote:
> >Which program?
>
> Uh ... what?
>
> mysqld, mysql, mysqladmin, mysqldump, mysqlshow, ... For example,
> if you run mysql --help, the output includes:
>
>
> Possible variables for option --set-variable (-O)
are:
>
> connect_timeout current value:
0
>
> max_allowed_packet current value:
16777216
>
> net_buffer_length current value:
16384
>
> select_limit current value:
1000
>
> max_join_size current value:
1000000
>
>
>
> >
> >--On Tuesday, June 12, 2001 15:52 -0500 Paul DuBois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >
> >>At 4:34 PM -0400 6/12/01, William M. Quarles wrote:
> >>>I don't think that's what Dennis person wants to know, I think he
> >>>wants to know every single variable that he can control in my.cnf.
> >>
> >>Running a program with the --help option will list the program's
> >>variables.
> >>
> >>The syntax for setting any of them is the same.
> >>
> >>>
> >>>--On Tuesday, June 12, 2001 3:09 PM -0500 Paul DuBois
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>>wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>At 3:36 PM -0400 6/12/01, Dennis wrote:
> >>>>>Of the many mysql resources I have (including a book and
searching
> >>>>>the website), there doesnt seem to be a definitive outline of
what
> >>>>>variables can be controlled by my.cnf.
> >>>>
> >>>>set-variable = var_name=var_value
> >>>>
> >>>>should work for pretty much any variable that a program knows
> about...
> >>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Is there a list somewhere outlining the possibilities?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Dennis
>
> --
> Paul DuBois, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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