RE: General database questions

2001-12-30 Thread Roger Baklund
* Emmanuel van der Meulen Roger, I attempted adding additional space with a new file under innodb_data_file_path as follows; Before: innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:50M;ibdata2:50M After : innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:50M;ibdata2:50M;ibdata3:50M Stopped and restarted MySQL, but this did

RE: General database questions

2001-12-30 Thread Emmanuel van der Meulen
Hello Roger, [snip] Roger, I attempted adding additional space with a new file under innodb_data_file_path as follows; Before: innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:50M;ibdata2:50M After : innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:50M;ibdata2:50M;ibdata3:50M Stopped and restarted MySQL, but this did

RE: General database questions

2001-12-30 Thread Roger Baklund
* Emmanuel van der Meulen I got this to work, I suspect a typo resulted that it did not :) Well, i.r.o. the matter of risk, if different websites's data is in one set of files, and especially with DEV, where programs which still have bugs or with finger trouble, could damage the data in

RE: General database questions

2001-12-30 Thread Emmanuel van der Meulen
Hello Heikki, Thank you very much for this note and your valued assistance. I have the different instances of MySQL running with your proposal to add the lot to a bat file. And yes, if such a option as you propose exists, others would possibly get multiple instances / my.cnf files working more

RE: General database questions

2001-12-30 Thread Emmanuel van der Meulen
Hello Roger, [snip] Yes, but is there really a big difference as long as the data is on the same disk computer? I would keep PROD on a separate physical machine... Yes, either on a separate physical machine or a different HDD (to curtail costs, I'd first go for HDD). If the databases

RE: General database questions

2001-12-30 Thread Roger Baklund
* Emmanuel van der Meulen I'm certain InnoDB is 100% safe. My concern is probably related to being unfamiliar with MySQL/InnoDB. However, I take Heikki's point of the access impact of DEV on PROD - never thought of that. This impact also very much applies to the cpu... I would highly

RE: General database questions

2001-12-30 Thread Emmanuel van der Meulen
Hello Roger; [snip] * Emmanuel van der Meulen I'm certain InnoDB is 100% safe. My concern is probably related to being unfamiliar with MySQL/InnoDB. However, I take Heikki's point of the access impact of DEV on PROD - never thought of that. This impact also very much applies to the

RE: General database questions

2001-12-29 Thread Roger Baklund
* Emmanuel van der Meulen 1. Assuming the website grows very large with high volumes and a database exceeds disk space, please advise what is the remedy? Add HW or remove data...? Not sure if I understand your question... 2. Seeing as for the said website I use transactions, thus also the

RE: General database questions

2001-12-29 Thread Emmanuel van der Meulen
Hello Roger, Thank you for your note and replies. Please see my further points inline; On 29 December 2001 16:21, Roger Baklund wrote; * Emmanuel van der Meulen 1. Assuming the website grows very large with high volumes and a database exceeds disk space, please advise what is the

RE: General database questions

2001-12-29 Thread Roger Baklund
* Emmanuel van der Meulen Roger, assuming the database space as allocated is used up and I do not want to remove the data, but I have lots more space to allocate, is there a way to extend allocated space in flight? Or, does MySQL automatically (and inflight) extend beyond allocated space

RE: General database questions

2001-12-29 Thread Emmanuel van der Meulen
Hello Roger, Thank you for your note and feedback. With your assistance and reading up on InnoDB, I'm getting closer. Further inline; On 29 December 2001 22:21, Roger Baklund wrote; [snip-1] I think you would need to restart the mysqld server daemon, but this is very fast, and can be