Index problem (I think) with MySQL 3.23.36 on Solaris

2001-10-30 Thread Robert Alexander
Hi all, mysqld seems to 'hang' under certain circumstances when I'm doing a fairly large ALTER TABLE -- adding or dropping an Index, repair etc. The server and client are still 'alive' and I can do simple things like show processlist, or selecting a count(0) from another table, but other

Re: Index problem (I think) with MySQL 3.23.36 on Solaris -- hang

2001-10-30 Thread Robert Alexander
Responding to my own email... sheesh. It's just that kinda day. : I found reference in the archives to what seems to be the same problem. Monty replied to a thread entitled I got it hanged ! on 2001-07-17, and agreed that it shouldn't be happening. Unfortunately, I can't find a solution in