> Sven Köhler wrote: > > >> I set the isolation level to READ_REPEATABLE and use mysqldump | > >> bzip2 to get the result. I've tested the restore and it's fine! > > > > > > So how does mysqldump handle binary data? > > > > If it does embed the data into the SQL-statement somehow, that's crap, > > since SQL-Statements are limited in length.
On Tue, 16 Dec 2003, Chris Nolan wrote: > Are they? Shoving in rows that are several meg in size didn't pose any > problems. The restore procedure looked like this: > > bunzip2 dumpfile | mysql -u db_grunt -p projectdb > > May I ask where the limitation you mentioned is documented? Maybe the > situations we were using it in didn't come close to the limit. > > Regards, > > Chris This is limited by the max_packet_size variable. In 3.23.x it's limited to 16Mb, in 4.0+ it is limited by 2Gb or the amount of physical memory the machine has, whichever is less. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
