Reliability of _rowid over multiple database accesses

2003-10-20 Thread Guy Smith
I'd like to use the _rowid capability of MySQL to improve the efficiency of a project, but I have concerns about the reliability of the number it returns. I understand that _rowid "may change over time depending on many factors," but I'd like to know whether this is true if the row is locked.

RE: aggravating failure symptoms and steps to remedy them...

2001-06-19 Thread Guy Smith
Not sure I'll be helpful, but I ran into something similar yesterday. Not exactly sure how I fixed it, but this is what I believe. 1) You should create a virgin data directory per the standard procedures on the production machine (install_db and safe_mysqld). 2) Then, if you have existing data,

Replication and redirection

2001-06-19 Thread Guy Smith
OS: RedHat 6.2 on master and slave mySQL:3.23.32 on master and slave Problem: Replication is not working. Symptoms include: * Connecting OK. 'Show slave status' reports nominally. * Position on the log file increments correctly when updates occur on the master. * The tables do not

RE: Upgrade and start-up failures

2001-06-18 Thread Guy Smith
: Re: Upgrade and start-up failures > > > It's looking for the "host" table (physical files) within the > 'mysql' data area > (not your own data area). > > Did you run "mysql_install_db" after installing the new version ? > (or copy the > &q

Upgrade and start-up failures

2001-06-18 Thread Guy Smith
I just upgraded from 3.23.27 to 3.23.32 (can't go higher than that - have to sync development with production systems). I copied the /data directory to the new home. When I try to start mySQL, it halts and the log file has the entry "Can't find file: 'host.ISM' (errno: 2)". I checked the old my

Upgrade and start-up failures

2001-06-18 Thread Guy Smith
I just upgraded from 3.23.27 to 3.23.32 (can't go higher than that - have to sync development with production systems). I copied the /data directory to the new home. When I try to start mySQL, it halts and the log file has the entry "Can't find file: 'host.ISM' (errno: 2)". I checked the old my

Re: MyODBC and #Delete / almost resolved

2001-01-21 Thread Guy Smith
Thanks to Apollo and Lee for fast responses. Both recommended adding TimeStamp columns to the table. Lee also recommended adding an auto_increment column. What actually was the culprit was that in the suspect tables, I had a Primary Key on a TinyText field. I have not tried (a) converting the

MyODBC and #Delete

2001-01-21 Thread Guy Smith
OS: NT 4.0, SP6 MDAC: 2.6 MyODBC: 2.50.36 MS-Access: 2000 (9.0.3821 SR-1) MySQL-OS: Linux, RedHat 6.2 MySql: 3.23.27-beta Symptom: Two of seven tables return all columns and rows as "#Deleted" (and wouldn't you know it, the two most important tables in the database). have been throu