The database's table files will be in the data directory where all the table files for the databases are kept. If the partition or the hard drive where the data directory is residing on is out of space then the MySQL server will throw an error for not having enough space ..
Gurhan -----Original Message----- From: Alexander Newald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 11:29 AM To: mySQL Mailing list Subject: Re: How to limit database size? Hello, ----- Original Message ----- From: "Egor Egorov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 1:42 PM Subject: Re: How to limit database size? [how to limit database size?] > > You can't do it with MySQL, use disk quotas ... > Thanks for your answer. What happens if a user tries to add more data to a table after the files containing his database reached the hard disk quota limit. Does it make any diffrence which file (.frm .myi .myd) reaches the disk quota limit ? Alexander Newald --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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