Hmmm... right. You can compare the server to the instance. And the user to the DB (in the scheme, not at authentication)
Thanx for the pointer! /rudy -----Original Message----- From: Jim Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: donderdag 17 juli 2003 11:06 To: Rudy Metzger; 'Harald Falkenberg'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: mysql setup compared to oracle > 1. No, especially not MyISAM. In MyISAM, a database (you can compare > that to instance) is just a directory on disk. Every table in this DB > (instance) again is file (well actually 3 files, one for data, one for > metadata, one for index information). Actually the server is equivalent to an instance -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]