ok. thanks. i thought so. it's been about 8 hrs so far. and the TMD file is about half the MYD/MYI file. although MYI is about a gig smaller than the MYD. which one has the TDM to reach in size in order for the repair to be complete?
thanks. On 1/23/12 11:27 PM, Michael Dykman wrote: > This is still the list although more quiet than it used to be. > > Repairing a table is already a fragile process.. I would not try to > interrupt it if the data has no backup. > > - michael dykman > > On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 11:04 PM, kalin m <ka...@el.net> wrote: >> >> >> hey. this list used to be pretty active. did anything change? is there >> another place to ask questions like these? >> >> thanks... >> >> >> On 1/23/12 5:02 PM, kalin m wrote: >>> >>> >>> hi all.. >>> >>> i started a repair on a table that has an MYD file of 9.2 gigs. the MYI >>> file is 7.7 gigs. the TMD file, which i'm assuming is a temporary file >>> used in the repair process, is currently 400mb. this has been going on >>> for about 30 min now. the question is does the TMD file need to get >>> anywhere near the size of any of this MYD or MYI files in order to get >>> this repair done?! and if so why is it so slow? >>> >>> i'm not really planning to stop the repair command cause i read >>> somewhere that this might not be a good idea. can i stop it without >>> risking any data loss or table damage? >>> >>> thanks... >>> >> >> -- >> MySQL General Mailing List >> For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql >> To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql >> > > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql
