Parameter(s) need to take care when setting replication over WAN

2010-12-03 Thread Ryan Chan
Hello, I am setting MySQL (5.0) replication over WAN for backup purpose (with SSL enabled). I have read the document: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/replication.html, and wonder if any special tunning needed for using replication over WAN. Are there any configuration parameter(s) need

Storage of UTF-8 char in MySQL

2010-08-14 Thread Ryan Chan
According to this document: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/charset-unicode.html It said MySQL support UTF-8 using one to three bytes per character. But I have created a test table: -- create table test ( c char(5) ) default charset =utf8; From the table status, the data length is alway

int(10) va int(11)

2010-06-14 Thread Ryan Chan
Assume MySQL int range (unsigned) is from 0 to 4294967295 There are total 10 digits. Why a lot of tutorial in the web tell you to declare, e.g. CREATE TABLE t1 (f INT(11) UNSIGNED); -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:

Re: Why UTF8 need 24bit in MySQL?

2010-06-08 Thread Ryan Chan
Hi, On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 12:44 AM, Warren Young war...@etr-usa.com wrote:  The Unicode consortium has stated that Unicode will never require more than 21 bits per character[*], and 24 bits is the next even multiple of 8 up from that. Maybe off topic, but just curious...If 3 bytes is enough

Why UTF8 need 24bit in MySQL?

2010-06-07 Thread Ryan Chan
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/charset-unicode.html Since MySQL only support BMP, so in fact 16 bit is needed actually? -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org

Table level locking when inserting auto-increment PK to InnoDB

2009-12-23 Thread Ryan Chan
Hey. Back to few years ago, InnoDB require table level locking when inserting auto-increment PK to the table, and Heikki said there will be a fix. Is this problem still exist now? -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:

Re: Help saving MySQL

2009-12-12 Thread Ryan Chan
On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Michael Dykman mdyk...@gmail.com wrote: I hope the only reason this thread  is so quiet is because we are all busy notifying our friends.  There are a hell of a lot more users invested in MySQL than those who read this list.  Spread the word! Let's stand up

Table size vs Memory requirements?

2009-11-22 Thread Ryan Chan
Hello, Is it common heard from people that if you have large table (assume MyISAM in my case), you need large memory in order to have the key/index in memory for performance, otherwise, table scan on disk is slow. But how to estimate how much memory I need? Consider a simple case, a MyISAM