RE: Renaming a database?

2011-05-24 Thread Daevid Vincent
> -Original Message- > On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 4:19 PM, Jerry Schwartz wrote: > > > It looks like there’s no way to rename a database. Is that true? I know. Retarded right? Version 5.1.x and still what would seem the most basic of tasks is still impossible. Maybe Oracle can fix what M

RE: Renaming a database?

2011-05-24 Thread Jerry Schwartz
From: Andrew Moore [mailto:eroomy...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 2:56 PM To: Jerry Schwartz Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: Renaming a database? Could you try restoring the other db with another name and changing the connection string in the app? [JS] I could, but it

Re: Renaming a database?

2011-05-24 Thread Andrew Moore
Could you try restoring the other db with another name and changing the connection string in the app? On 24 May 2011 16:20, "Jerry Schwartz" wrote: > It looks like there’s no way to rename a database. Is that true? > > > > I have two reasons for wanting to do this: > > > > - I want to get a curren

RE: Renaming a database?

2011-05-24 Thread Jerry Schwartz
>-Original Message- >From: Andrew Moore [mailto:eroomy...@gmail.com] >Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 11:31 AM >To: Jerry Schwartz >Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com >Subject: Re: Renaming a database? > >Instead of renaming it, revoke permissions to it. If it's be

RE: Renaming a database?

2011-05-24 Thread Jerry Schwartz
>-Original Message- >From: Johan De Meersman [mailto:vegiv...@tuxera.be] >Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 11:52 AM >To: Jerry Schwartz >Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com >Subject: Re: Renaming a database? > >- Original Message - >> From: "Jerry Schwartz"

Re: Renaming a database?

2011-05-24 Thread Johan De Meersman
- Original Message - > From: "Jerry Schwartz" > > It looks like there’s no way to rename a database. Is that true? Yes. Silly oversight, although there's probably complexity reasons behind it. > - I want to get a current version of a database out of the way so > that I can load in an old

Re: Renaming a database?

2011-05-24 Thread Andrew Moore
Instead of renaming it, revoke permissions to it. If it's being used you should see some problems in the application due to access denied. Andy On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 4:19 PM, Jerry Schwartz wrote: > It looks like there’s no way to rename a database. Is that true? > > > > I have two reasons fo

Renaming a database?

2011-05-24 Thread Jerry Schwartz
It looks like there’s no way to rename a database. Is that true? I have two reasons for wanting to do this: - I want to get a current version of a database out of the way so that I can load in an older version, without having to pay the penalty of reloading the current version. - I think

Re: Renaming a Database

2009-08-19 Thread Matt Neimeyer
t; New York, NY 10013 > 212-625-5307 (Work) > 201-660-3221 (Cell) > AIM & Skype : RolandoLogicWorx > redwa...@logicworks.net > > -Original Message- > From: Matt Neimeyer [mailto:m...@neimeyer.org] > Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 9:27 AM > To: Paul DuB

RE: Renaming a Database

2009-08-19 Thread Rolando Edwards
mp; Skype : RolandoLogicWorx redwa...@logicworks.net -Original Message- From: Matt Neimeyer [mailto:m...@neimeyer.org] Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 9:27 AM To: Paul DuBois Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: Renaming a Database >> That said... Is there anything "wrong" (da

Re: Renaming a Database

2009-08-19 Thread Matt Neimeyer
>> That said... Is there anything "wrong" (dangerous, disasterous, etc) >> with stopping the MySQL service and renaming the folder in the MySQL >> data folder? By my logic (if I'm right) this should preserve any >> permissions on the folder and since the service is stopped it should >> simply find

Re: Renaming a Database

2009-08-17 Thread Paul DuBois
On Aug 17, 2009, at 4:22 PM, Matt Neimeyer wrote: I know the "best" way to rename a database is to use mysqldump, extract the database and then reload to the new database. (At least based on what I can find in the "12.1.32. RENAME DATABASE Syntax" section of the documentation) That said... Is

Renaming a Database

2009-08-17 Thread Matt Neimeyer
I know the "best" way to rename a database is to use mysqldump, extract the database and then reload to the new database. (At least based on what I can find in the "12.1.32. RENAME DATABASE Syntax" section of the documentation) That said... Is there anything "wrong" (dangerous, disasterous, etc) w

Re: renaming a database

2005-08-22 Thread Gleb Paharenko
Hello. One possible solution is to create a new database, and then RENAME TABLE each table from the original database into the new database. Then drop the original database. "Octavian Rasnita" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Please tell me how to rename a database. I couldn't fin

Re: renaming a database

2005-08-21 Thread Peter Brawley
Octavian >Please tell me how to rename a database. As you already found, there are database features that don't survive renaming its directory. Best method I know is to mysqldump it and recreate it from the dump under the desired name. PB http://www.artfulsoftware.com - Octavian Rasni

renaming a database

2005-08-21 Thread Octavian Rasnita
Hi, Please tell me how to rename a database. I couldn't find this in the manual. I have tried to rename manually the name of the directory that holds that database, but some tables can't be accessed after that. (I have found that they are InnoDB tables, even though I never specified that I want th

RE: Renaming a database

2005-07-18 Thread Gordon Bruce
lprint  | | mysql  | | test1  | ++ 5 rows in set (0.00 sec)   -Original Message- From: Scott Hamm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 11:02 AM To: 'Mysql ' Subject: Renaming a database   How do I rename a da

Re: Renaming a database

2005-07-18 Thread SGreen
Scott Hamm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 07/18/2005 12:01:49 PM: > How do I rename a database? The help online is pretty ambigous. > > -- > Power to people, Linux is here. I wouldn't say "ambiguous". I would rather say "indirect". Renaming a databas

Renaming a database

2005-07-18 Thread Scott Hamm
How do I rename a database? The help online is pretty ambigous. -- Power to people, Linux is here.

Re: **newbie question** renaming a database

2004-10-07 Thread Paul DuBois
At 11:16 -0500 10/7/04, gerald_clark wrote: Carolina wrote: using mysql version 4.0.13 - **total newbie here**... something as simple as renaming a database...i've not found anything relating to that on the mysql site or anywhere else. what i have found is that in order to do this, i'

Re: **newbie question** renaming a database

2004-10-07 Thread gerald_clark
Carolina wrote: using mysql version 4.0.13 - **total newbie here**... something as simple as renaming a database...i've not found anything relating to that on the mysql site or anywhere else. what i have found is that in order to do this, i'd have to shutdown and restart the mysql d

**newbie question** renaming a database

2004-10-07 Thread Carolina
using mysql version 4.0.13 - **total newbie here**... something as simple as renaming a database...i've not found anything relating to that on the mysql site or anywhere else. what i have found is that in order to do this, i'd have to shutdown and restart the mysql database in o

Re[2]: renaming a database

2002-01-30 Thread Dmitry Alyabyev
What would I do if there are InnoDB tables ? -- Dimitry Wednesday, January 30, 2002, 9:31:09 PM, Paul DuBois wrote: > At 11:10 -0800 1/30/02, JC wrote: >>-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >>Hash: SHA1 >> >>I'm kind of interested to find if there is a way to rename a database >>with something

Re: renaming a database

2002-01-30 Thread Nathan
system. # Nathan - Original Message - From: "JC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 12:10 PM Subject: renaming a database -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'm kind of interested to find if there is a wa

Re: renaming a database

2002-01-30 Thread Paul DuBois
At 11:10 -0800 1/30/02, JC wrote: >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >Hash: SHA1 > >I'm kind of interested to find if there is a way to rename a database >with something like the alter command. >Looking in the index of the New Riders MySQL book I don't see >anything other than renaming tables >Lo

renaming a database

2002-01-30 Thread JC
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'm kind of interested to find if there is a way to rename a database with something like the alter command. Looking in the index of the New Riders MySQL book I don't see anything other than renaming tables Looking through the Manual for version 3

RE: renaming a database

2001-11-11 Thread Heikki Tuuri
Hi! >> Can you rename a database? If so, how does it handle all the >> tables inside it? > >By shutting down the server, renaming the directory >of that database and restarting the server. > >The server will be able to handle the change just fine. Sorry, but InnoDB tables do not get renamed

RE: renaming a database

2001-11-10 Thread Carsten H. Pedersen
> Can you rename a database? If so, how does it handle all the > tables inside it? By shutting down the server, renaming the directory of that database and restarting the server. The server will be able to handle the change just fine. / Carsten -- Carsten H. Pedersen keeper and maintainer o

renaming a database

2001-11-10 Thread Corey Kaye
Can you rename a database? If so, how does it handle all the tables inside it? Thanks. - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive)

Renaming a database

2001-03-19 Thread Marko Milutinovič
Hi! I'm running MySQL on Win NT 4. I'm trying to rename a database from my (Delphi) program, but I haven't found any inforamtion about this on the MySQL site. Can anybody help me? P.S.: Can a database named 2001 be created? regards, m@rko -