Re: Question on mySQL replication

2001-12-16 Thread Scott Vanderweyst
Actually, we've been runnning mySQL replication for ~4 months now We've never had a problem with the slaved machines losing their position in the log, nor do we ever run a reset slave... Try the following script instead out of cron... #!/bin/sh FIRST_LOG=`echo 'SHOW MASTER LOGS ;' | mysql|head

Re: how to install mysql replication?

2001-06-12 Thread Scott Vanderweyst
I'm only a digest subscriber, so I apologise in advance for any mis-quotes: Ok here is my experience with MySQL replication: 1) it's been very stable, and haven't noticed any drift in the replicating servers 2) we have ~7 replicating servers-- 3 in circular replication which recieve all of the

Replication and compression

2001-04-20 Thread Scott Vanderweyst
Is it possible to enable compression between replicating database servers? I'm assuming that there is already compression code in place, because of the need to link with the compression libraries on the client end sometimes. Compressing the replication connection has certain advantages where the

Bad ISAM index on creation

2001-02-27 Thread Scott Vanderweyst
Hi, We're attempting to get mysql running on our System: SunOS hsNavMrySun2 5.6 Generic_105182-21 i86pc i386 i86pc Architecture: i86pc We're using the Workshop pro compilers, and can compile the source v 3.23.33 without problems. However, nothing on the system that I've found can create tables

Replication question

2001-01-24 Thread Scott Vanderweyst
I have a couple of questions regarding replication in MySQL: 1) does it work well/handle loss of connections due to network outages/delays; we have a geographically diverse environment, and were hoping to be able to replicate the data across the connections (which may have outages from time to