Re: What does tmp_table_size *really* do?

2001-06-16 Thread Jeremy Zawodny
On Sat, Jun 16, 2001 at 08:00:04PM -0500, Dan Nelson wrote: > In the last episode (Jun 16), Jeremy Zawodny said: > > Err, I forgot to mention that there's a "Using filesort" in the > > output as well. That makes me believe it wants to write to disk (even > > if there may be sufficient RAM). > > I

Re: What does tmp_table_size *really* do?

2001-06-16 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Jun 16), Jeremy Zawodny said: > Err, I forgot to mention that there's a "Using filesort" in the > output as well. That makes me believe it wants to write to disk (even > if there may be sufficient RAM). I'm not sure "Using filesort" actually means it is going to create a file

Re: What does tmp_table_size *really* do?

2001-06-16 Thread Jeremy Zawodny
On Sat, Jun 16, 2001 at 12:35:52PM -0500, Dan Nelson wrote: > In the last episode (Jun 16), Jeremy Zawodny said: > > Ah, thanks. The funny thing is that I *did* think to check the source > > code for a different problem I ran into severl minutes later. > > > > I'll have to poke at this some more.

Re: What does tmp_table_size *really* do?

2001-06-16 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Jun 16), Jeremy Zawodny said: > Ah, thanks. The funny thing is that I *did* think to check the source > code for a different problem I ran into severl minutes later. > > I'll have to poke at this some more. I just restarted with a 64MB > maximum and one of my more common quer

RE: What does tmp_table_size *really* do?

2001-06-16 Thread Sander Pilon
gt; From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 16 June 2001 15:33 > To: Dan Nelson > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: What does tmp_table_size *really* do? > > > On Fri, 15 Jun 2001, Dan Nelson wrote: > > 30 seconds of cscope browsing on the mysql source

Re: What does tmp_table_size *really* do?

2001-06-16 Thread Kevin Whitney
A better tool is Source Navigator, available at Red Hat site. It's Cscope on steroids! Kevin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Fri, 15 Jun 2001, Dan Nelson wrote: > > 30 seconds of cscope browsing on the mysql source shows the follwing > ^^ >

Re: What does tmp_table_size *really* do?

2001-06-16 Thread jaab
On Fri, 15 Jun 2001, Dan Nelson wrote: > 30 seconds of cscope browsing on the mysql source shows the follwing ^^ What is cscope? Where can I get it? =) Sincerely, Jan -- Mr. Jan-Aage Bruvoll IT Project Manager 20 Min Holding, Thurgauerstrasse 40, CH-8050 Zurich O

Re: What does tmp_table_size *really* do?

2001-06-16 Thread Jeremy Zawodny
On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 10:03:57PM -0500, Dan Nelson wrote: > > 30 seconds of cscope browsing on the mysql source shows the follwing > comments right before calls to create_tmp_table(): > > /* Create a tmp table if distinct or if the sort is too complicated */ > /* group data to new table */ >

Re: What does tmp_table_size *really* do?

2001-06-15 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Jun 15), Jeremy Zawodny said: > The manual (http://www.mysql.com/doc/S/H/SHOW_VARIABLES.html) states: > > If an in-memory temporary table exceeds this size, MySQL will > automatically convert it to an on-disk MyISAM table. Increase the > value of tmp_table_size if you d

What does tmp_table_size *really* do?

2001-06-15 Thread Jeremy Zawodny
The manual (http://www.mysql.com/doc/S/H/SHOW_VARIABLES.html) states: If an in-memory temporary table exceeds this size, MySQL will automatically convert it to an on-disk MyISAM table. Increase the value of tmp_table_size if you do many advanced GROUP BY queries and you have lots of memor