Mike,
I totally agree. The log solution wasn't my idea though .
No matter what language you write the script in, any type of ""Get some
kind of response by throwing something against the server and seeing if it
sticks"" response will get you the information you need.
I set up a dummy account
Eric,
Isn't letting an outside connection access to your log file a
"little dangerous"? Why not create a dummy table with just one record in
it, restrict it to read access only, then use your chron job on a remote
computer to run a PHP/Perl script to access that record over the net. I
Hey,
I noticed another response about "tailing the log" and looking for
information in the "err" log which looks like a great solution.
However, if you have an extra computer laying around, you can also set up a
cron job with a shell script that connects to the server (via telnet or
using a m
Hi,
I hope this question hasn't been asked loads of times before but I can't see
any reference to it in the documentation.
Basically I need a way to monitor MySQL to ensure it hasn't gone down. We
are using MySQL as the backend of some important sites and need to ensure
that if it does crash for w
