Aaron, please look at http://www.innodb.com/features.html, http://www.innodb.com/division.html, and http://www.innodb.com/ibman.html
Best regards, Heikki Tuuri Innobase Oy --- Order technical MySQL/InnoDB support at https://order.mysql.com/ See http://www.innodb.com for the online manual and latest news on InnoDB "Rutledge, Aaron" wrote in message ... >Hello, I am new to this list and MySQL. I am very excited about this >open source community. I can definitely see MySQL becoming to database >servers, what Apache has become to web servers. >I am currently developing a mission critical manufacturing web >application in Java and I am leaning towards using MySQL as the back-end >DB. Since MySQL has gotten excellent reviews as far as stability, >speed, and ease of use--and my application does not require foreign key >restraints or lots of bells and whistles --I decided it was worth a >shot. My only concern from the onset was that it wasn't transactionally >safe. I can't have the DB lose data if the server goes down. I have >learned that InnoDB provides this functionality on top of MySQL, but the >interrelation between the two is very unclear to me. I haven't found a >good FAQ for explaining what InnoDB does and how it does it with MySQL. >I've only found information in the 'do this, this and this to make this >work' style. I am never sure if I am working with InnoDB or MySQL or >both. I don't feel like I can really commit to this DB until I get a >good grasp of the complexity of this relationship. >So far I have set up the InnoDB data files and directories and have >MySQL up and running. I set my my.ini file with >'default-table-type=innodb' and my innodb information. Everything seems >great--I can create tables, do all my select statements, etc.. >Everything seems easy as pie, but I can't shake the concern that I am >not understanding InnoDB. So what I am wondering--am I creating >transactionally safe tables in the innodb format every time I create a >new table? Do I no longer have to worry about innodb? WHat about these >ibdata1 and ibdata2 files I created? I am assuming these hold >transactional information. SHould I be worried about whats in there? >Will these fill up with data and outgrow their pre-defined size? I just >feel like I am missing something. If anyone can point me to a good >low-level FAQ or book that might explain to me about what exactly going >on with this I would be grateful. I have been to the Innodb.com site. >Great tutorial, but It leaves me with lots of questions--especially in >regards to coordination with MySQL. >Best Regards to all, Aaron > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
