mysql total replication question

2005-06-05 Thread Shannon R.
Hi All! I'm using the latest mysql 4.0.x and I've successfully set-up database replication on it over 2 machines. I have noticed though that mysql doesn't seem to replicate CREATE TABLE operations on the master to the slave. Is this a limitation? Or I just missed something. If so, can someone ple

mysqldump exclude table option

2004-10-12 Thread Shannon R.
Is there a way to tell mysqldump to dump all tables in the specified database except certain specified tables? Like maybe: "mysqldump dbname !exclude_this_table > data.sql"? I have about 200 tables in my database and I only need to back-up about 98% of them. The other 2% are HUGE temporary searc

on big mysql .MYD files and linux's 2GB file size limit

2004-08-02 Thread Shannon R.
Is the 2GB filesize limit in linux still there? Specially in Gentoo and Debian linux? If so, how can this be addressed when your mysql's .MYD files reach 2GB? Is there any way MySQL can split really big .MYD files? Regards, Shannon __ Do you

problem with making mysql accessible from other machines

2004-08-02 Thread Shannon R.
good day all! i'm getting really confused with how to properly allow users to access mysql from other machines. that is, i tried this as mysql root user: GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE ON my_sql_db.* TO [EMAIL PROTECTED] IDENTIFIED BY 'password'; after this, i can access mysql as 'dbus

transferring MySQL db from RedHat to Debian

2004-07-26 Thread Shannon R.
hello list! i'll be moving from a RedHat server to a Debian server very soon. despite the different linux distributions, is it ok to transfer my entire mysql database by just copying everything in /var/lib/mysql of the RedHat system to the Debian system? has anyone tried this before? the r