RE: DB/table problem

2009-09-10 Thread Gavin Towey
When using innodb, your data is stored in the data/ibdata* files. Copying the database directory is not a valid backup. In the future, I would suggest using mysqldump. However if you want to make a file-system copy backup with innodb you need to 1. Shutdown the server 2. Copy *everything* in

Re: DB/table problem

2009-09-10 Thread Todd Lyons
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Gavin Towey gto...@ffn.com wrote: When using innodb, your data is stored in the data/ibdata* files.  Copying the database directory is not a valid backup. In the future, I would suggest using mysqldump.  However if you want to make a file-system copy backup

Re: DB/table problem

2009-09-10 Thread Néstor
OK, All I have then is a bunch of .frm files. Can I recover the data from the FRM files if I install mysql 5.0 without INNODB? Thanks, On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Gavin Towey gto...@ffn.com wrote: When using innodb, your data is stored in the data/ibdata* files. Copying the database

RE: DB/table problem

2009-09-10 Thread Gavin Towey
@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: DB/table problem OK, All I have then is a bunch of .frm files. Can I recover the data from the FRM files if I install mysql 5.0 without INNODB? Thanks, On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Gavin Towey gto...@ffn.commailto:gto...@ffn.com wrote: When using innodb, your data

RE: DB/table problem

2009-09-10 Thread Gavin Towey
Towey -Original Message- From: tly...@sitehelp.org [mailto:tly...@sitehelp.org] On Behalf Of Todd Lyons Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 3:44 PM To: Gavin Towey Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: DB/table problem On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Gavin Towey gto...@ffn.com wrote: When