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.

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

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

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

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

RE: Upgrade and start-up failures

2001-06-18 Thread Guy Smith
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 mysql subdirectory from the old version) Guy Smith wrote: I just upgraded from 3.23.27 to 3.23.32 (can't

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