No, it is not directly supported, but, according to the manual, using the option "use-symbolic-links" and placing the file "database_name.sym" in the MySQL data directory, with a line pointing to the location of the database files, you fake it.
---- A. Clausen [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gustavo A. Baratto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "A. Clausen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "MySQL Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 12:16 Subject: Re: Replication Problem on MySQL 3.23.45/Win32 > I'm not sure, > > But I don't think symbolic links are allowed on win2k... > > Take a look into this... > > Regards, > gustavo > ------------ > > On Fri, 2001-12-07 at 12:04, A. Clausen wrote: > > I have been using replication for several months between to Win2k machines. > > Last week I upgraded to MySQL 3.23.45, and everything continued working > > fine. Yesterday, I put the line "use-symbolic-links" in the my.cnf file > > because I've created a very large database that I have another drive > > reserved for. Since that time, when I enter "show processlist" the top line > > shows: > > > > | 1 | system user | none | NULL | Connect | 88449 | > > connecting to master | NULL | > > > > Of course, the replicating server is not getting through at all. Anybody > > know what could be causing this? > > > > ---- > > A. Clausen [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Before posting, please check: > > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > -- > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Gustavo Baratto - Programming and Technical Support > [EMAIL PROTECTED] * (604) 638-2525 ext. 408 > > Technical support web-site: http://support.superb.net > Superb Internet Corp. "Ahead of the Rest" > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
