Richard Trahan responded:

> Stephano Mariani wrote:
> >
> > Use symbolic links :)
>
> Actually, that's a good idea; it does let me put my table data
> somewhere else, but it's my fault that I didn't reveal my secret
> motivation in my original post. I have a general backup scheme which
> backs up everything in a set of directories containing important
> data, which typically does not include program code that I can
> reinstall, like MySQL. Hence the separation of the MySQL stuff from
> my database.

Ehhhtto. You're using windows, right? Have you checked in your php.ini file?

This is mentioned in the manual, where it describes the install process. I
have my data directories on a different drive, no problems.

Joel Rees
Alps Giken Kansai Systems Develoment
Suita, Osaka





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