Chua Choon Keng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear all, > > I am new to mysql replication. I know how to use > the --replicate* options but I would like to know > whether the options act as filter on the master or > on the slave...
On the slave. > > From the documentation, it says: > "The --replicate-* rules are evaluated as follows > to determine whether a statement will be executed > by the slave or ignored" > > This gives me the impression that all update > queries are sent to slave, but if they are not > matched by the rules, they are ignored. In my case, > I am replicating a database with infrequent > updates, but they are many other databases on the > master with frequent updates etc. If my guess is > correct, then I am wasting a lot of bandwidth as my > master & slave are world apart... > What about using binlog-do-db=database_name option? In this case only updates will be logged if the current database is database_name: http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Binary_log.html -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Egor Egorov / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net <___/ www.mysql.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]