InnoDB tablespace Question.

2004-12-06 Thread Dave Juntgen
Hello! I have what seems to be a trivial question, but have not been able to find a definite answer and your help would be greatly appreciated. Question: When creating InnoDB table spaces, are there any advantages to using multi table spaces for each table or is it better to create a few

RE: InnoDB tablespace Question.

2004-12-06 Thread Dathan Pattishall
spindle or set of spindles as your data file. -Original Message- From: Dave Juntgen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 6:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: InnoDB tablespace Question. Hello! I have what seems to be a trivial question, but have not been able

RE: InnoDB TableSpace Question

2004-08-04 Thread Antonio Delgado Frias
PROTECTED] Subject: Re: InnoDB TableSpace Question Oracle cannot shrink datafiles (same idea as InnoDB datafiles) when data is deleted either. David Marc Slemko wrote: On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 12:42:03 -0400 , David Seltzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Marc, Is there really no way to reclaim unused

Re: InnoDB TableSpace Question

2004-08-04 Thread Harald Fuchs
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Jeff Mathis [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: my understanding is that the datafiles are created when the server initializes, and this this is the designed and expected behavior. Most other database products use a similar model. Your scenario cannot happen. You specify

Re: InnoDB TableSpace Question

2004-08-04 Thread Brad Eacker
David Griffiths writes: Oracle cannot shrink datafiles (same idea as InnoDB datafiles) when data is deleted either. Actually, Oracle has been able to resize data files since 7.2. It is usually done with an 'alter tablespace ... coalesce' followed by an 'alter tablespace datafile ... resize

InnoDB TableSpace Question

2004-08-03 Thread David Seltzer
Hi all, I've been searching the archives mysql documentation for a while and I can't seem to find an answer to my question - Is there a way to force InnoDB to shrink its filesize? I just dropped a 7GB table, but it hasn't freed up the disk space and I need it back. From what I've been reading,

Re: InnoDB TableSpace Question

2004-08-03 Thread Marc Slemko
On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 10:07:25 -0400 , David Seltzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I've been searching the archives mysql documentation for a while and I can't seem to find an answer to my question - Is there a way to force InnoDB to shrink its filesize? I just dropped a 7GB table, but

RE: InnoDB TableSpace Question

2004-08-03 Thread David Seltzer
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: InnoDB TableSpace Question On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 10:07:25 -0400 , David Seltzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I've been searching the archives mysql documentation for a while and I can't seem to find an answer to my question - Is there a way to force InnoDB

Re: InnoDB TableSpace Question

2004-08-03 Thread Marc Slemko
On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 12:42:03 -0400 , David Seltzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Marc, Is there really no way to reclaim unused space in an InnoDB table space? If not, why is this not considered a tremendous limitation? Some do consider it a tremendous limitation. It all depends on how it

RE: InnoDB TableSpace Question

2004-08-03 Thread SGreen
: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 12:31 PM To: David Seltzer Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: InnoDB TableSpace Question On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 10:07:25 -0400 , David Seltzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I've been searching the archives mysql documentation for a while and I can't seem

RE: InnoDB TableSpace Question

2004-08-03 Thread David Seltzer
:09 PM To: David Seltzer Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: InnoDB TableSpace Question I agree with David. If there is no present way to recover unused InnoDB tablespace, then we (as a community) seriously need to create a tool to do just that. How have we gone so long without it? I always

Re: InnoDB TableSpace Question

2004-08-03 Thread Jeff Mathis
Seltzer Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: InnoDB TableSpace Question On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 10:07:25 -0400 , David Seltzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I've been searching the archives mysql documentation for a while and I can't seem to find an answer to my question - Is there a way to force

Re: InnoDB TableSpace Question

2004-08-03 Thread William R. Mussatto
: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 12:31 PM To: David Seltzer Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: InnoDB TableSpace Question On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 10:07:25 -0400 , David Seltzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I've been searching the archives mysql documentation for a while and I can't seem to find

Re: InnoDB TableSpace Question

2004-08-03 Thread Jeremy Zawodny
On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 01:08:58PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree with David. If there is no present way to recover unused InnoDB tablespace, then we (as a community) seriously need to create a tool to do just that. How have we gone so long without it? Because it's just not a

Re: InnoDB TableSpace Question

2004-08-03 Thread David Griffiths
Oracle cannot shrink datafiles (same idea as InnoDB datafiles) when data is deleted either. David Marc Slemko wrote: On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 12:42:03 -0400 , David Seltzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Marc, Is there really no way to reclaim unused space in an InnoDB table space? If not, why is

Re: InnoDB TableSpace Question

2004-08-03 Thread Paul John
Actually, Oracle can shrink or grow datafiles: ALTER DATABASE DATAFILE '/usr01/oracle/sid/data001' resize 200M; On Aug 3, 2004, at 15:59, David Griffiths wrote: Oracle cannot shrink datafiles (same idea as InnoDB datafiles) when data is deleted either. David Marc Slemko wrote: On Tue, 3 Aug 2004