I'll give you an example: I start mysqld as such:
mysqld -O max_allowed_packet=2M
This set the option. You can do it also in my.cnf:
[mysqld]
port= 3306
socket = /tmp/mysql.sock
skip-locking
set-variable= key_buffer=16M
set-variable= max_allowed_packet=16M
set-varia
Easy as can be: for example
mysqld -O max_allowed_packet=2M
> Alas, it does not. It shows a couple of variable settings, but not the syntax
> for tha various logging options and the like. So the question for a complete
> options syntax of my.cnf remains open.
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Werner Stuerenburg
