Manivannan, There is no way to reduce the InnoDB main tablespace. You can get rid (=regain disk space) of InnoDB tablespaces only if you have innodb_file_per_table setting, which allows you to get disk space back if you drop the table. The best option you have to free your current shared tablespace is to do a sql dump of the whole instance and reimport into a new one (if you need instructions on how to run multiple mysql instances on the same server just let me know) and then discard the old instance.
Cheers Claudio 2012/5/21 Manivannan S. <manivanna...@spanservices.com> > Hi , > > I am trying to reduce the ibdata1 data file in MySQL. In > MySQL data directory the ibdata1 data file is always increasing whenever I > am creating a new database and inserting some data into database. If I drop > the existing database, the table structures only dropped from the server > but data still exist in the ibdata1 data file. > > How to reduce the ibdata1 file size in both LINUX and WINDOWS machine. > > Do you have any idea how to solve this problem. Thanks for any feedback. > > > > Thanks > Manivannan S > > DISCLAIMER: This email message and all attachments are confidential and > may contain information that is privileged, confidential or exempt from > disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, > you are notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this > email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, > please notify us immediately by return email or to > mailad...@spanservices.com and destroy the original message. Opinions, > conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the > official business of SPAN, shall be understood to be neither given nor > endorsed by SPAN. > -- Claudio
