Newbie question about test database...

2005-03-14 Thread Jeff Justice
Okay, so MySQL is now installed and running. It looks like a database named test was created with no tables. Is this just used for installation purposes? Can it now be deleted or is there a reason to keep it? Or does it have some magical purpose like the mysql database? Jeff -- MySQL

Re: Newbie question about test database...

2005-03-14 Thread Michael Dykman
on one level, the test database is there just have something to log into after intall to prove it's working.. some init.d startup scripts (I'm thinking RedHat here) try to log into the database as an authenticated user after each start up and when doing a 'status' call just to make sure it's