Thanks again, Jeremy. Good stuff all around! I think the best part is that I can mix and match MyISAM and InnoDB in the same database for different purposes. Nice to have the choice. (now if there were only triggers... :o)
--jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeremy Zawodny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jeff Kilbride" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 10:03 PM Subject: Re: Re-baselining replication slaves? > On Sat, Mar 02, 2002 at 09:51:12PM -0800, Jeff Kilbride wrote: > > > > If you cover stuff like this in your book, I'll definitely buy it. > > :) > > Now that's what I like to hear! :-) > > > Ok, last question on this subject, I promise! Why not use InnoDB and > > replication? I was looking through the manual expecting to find a > > line that says "replication is only available with MyISAM tables" -- > > but I can't find it anywhere. It seems like this combination would > > be the best of both worlds. Am I missing something? > > The question for many folks isn't "Why not use InnoDB with > replication?" it's the one that comes before: "Why not use InnoDB?" > > If you're used to dealing with MyISAM, there are a lot of things you > take for granted that aren't there with InnoDB. Off the top of my > head: > > * Not having each table in a separate file may complicate backups. > > * Not having full-text index support might be a problem. > > * The extra tuning and effort involved in setting up InnoDB may not > be worth it (yet). > > And the list goes on. > > I'm not trying to knock InnoDB. The point is that there are > differences among all the table types that one needs to consider when > changing among them. > > If you've already decided that InnoDB is a Good Thing for you, and > you're really not using transactions, get the replication going too. > Why not? :-) > > Jeremy > -- > Jeremy D. Zawodny, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Technical Yahoo - Yahoo Finance > Desk: (408) 349-7878 Fax: (408) 349-5454 Cell: (408) 685-5936 > > MySQL 3.23.47-max: up 23 days, processed 769,728,906 queries (376/sec. avg) > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
