> From: Claudio Nanni <claudio.na...@gmail.com> > > No, as already explained, it is not possible, Innodb datafiles *never* shrink.
That's been the common wisdom for a long time. However, this just popped up on my RSS reader. I haven't even looked at it, let alone tried it. I'm interested in what the experts think... "Getting rid of huge ibdata file, no dump required: You have been told (guilty as charged), that the only way to get rid of the huge InnoDB tablespace file (commonly named ibdata1), when moving to innodb_file_per_table, is to do a logical dump of your data, completely erase everything, then import the dump." http://code.openark.org/blog/mysql/getting-rid-of-huge-ibdata-file-no-dump-required ---------------- Four multinational companies control over seventy percent of fluid milk sales in the U.S... These giants have grown through debt-fueld acquisitions and mergers and by keeping payments to dairy farmers as low as possible. -- Ron Schmid :::: Jan Steinman, EcoReality Co-op :::: -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql