How to change long_query_time with mySql 3.23

2007-10-04 Thread thomas Armstrong
Hi. I'm suffering a severe slowness of my server (mySQL 3.23), and want to detect Slow Queries. I installed mySQL on '/usr/local/mysql', and works ok. But if I insert this line into '/etc/my.cnf': - log-slow-queries = /usr/local/mysql/log/slow-queries.log long_query_time = 5 - it won't

Re: How to change long_query_time with mySql 3.23

2007-10-04 Thread thomas Armstrong
I also tried with: --- set-variable=long_query_time=5 -- mySQL starts ok, but all queries within the file are: # Query_time: 0 Lock_time: 0 Rows_sent: 119 Rows_examined: 238 The aren't slow queries, are they? On 10/4/07, thomas Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. I'm suffering a

Re: How to change long_query_time with mySql 3.23

2007-10-04 Thread thomas Armstrong
It looks like mySQL is taking ok the long_query_time value by using set-variable=long_query_time=5 If I display mySQL parameters: -- long_query_time current value: 10 -- However, there are tons of lines like this one: -- # [EMAIL PROTECTED]: root[root] @

Re: How to change long_query_time with mySql 3.23

2007-10-04 Thread Baron Schwartz
I wouldn't be surprised if this feature is broken in 3.23. You said you installed it yourself. Can you possibly upgrade to 4.1 instead? thomas Armstrong wrote: It looks like mySQL is taking ok the long_query_time value by using set-variable=long_query_time=5 If I display