Re: checking progress of alter table on an InnoDB table (Was: Re: checking progress of alter table on a MyISAM table)

2012-09-28 Thread Larry Martell
ing the secondary indexes after >> > the >> > data import or such alters are complete. >> > >> > Regards, >> > Akshay Suryavanshi >> > >> > >> > On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 1:56 AM, Rick James >> > wrote: >> >> >> &

Re: checking progress of alter table on a MyISAM table

2012-09-27 Thread Karen Abgarian
I try to figure out something observing the stats with SHOW STATUS. There are some reads, writes, etc that tell something about what is going on. Looking just at the file sizes is likely going to not tell much about the progress. If there is a better way to monitor this progress, I would li

Re: checking progress of alter table on a MyISAM table

2012-09-27 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 27.09.2012 23:15, schrieb Larry Martell: >> Indexes are slowing this down. your calculation of 79 hours should be >> correct, only if there are no unique indexes, otherwise this will slow down >> more as the data increases. > > It is what it is - there's no free lunch - dropping the indexes, do

Re: checking progress of alter table on an InnoDB table (Was: Re: checking progress of alter table on a MyISAM table)

2012-09-27 Thread Larry Martell
you carry this operation by adding the secondary indexes after >> > the >> > data import or such alters are complete. >> > >> > Regards, >> > Akshay Suryavanshi >> > >> > >> > On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 1:56 AM, Rick James >&

Re: checking progress of alter table on an InnoDB table (Was: Re: checking progress of alter table on a MyISAM table)

2012-09-27 Thread Akshay Suryavanshi
ndo logs. > >> > >> > -Original Message- > >> > From: Larry Martell [mailto:larry.mart...@gmail.com] > >> > Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 1:20 PM > >> > To: Rick James > >> > Cc: mysql mailing list > >> >

Re: checking progress of alter table on an InnoDB table (Was: Re: checking progress of alter table on a MyISAM table)

2012-09-27 Thread Larry Martell
gt;> > To: Rick James >> > Cc: mysql mailing list >> > Subject: checking progress of alter table on an InnoDB table (Was: Re: >> > checking progress of alter table on a MyISAM table) >> > >> > So we changed the table from MyISAM to InnoDB. I read

Re: checking progress of alter table on an InnoDB table (Was: Re: checking progress of alter table on a MyISAM table)

2012-09-27 Thread Akshay Suryavanshi
nal Message- > > From: Larry Martell [mailto:larry.mart...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 1:20 PM > > To: Rick James > > Cc: mysql mailing list > > Subject: checking progress of alter table on an InnoDB table (Was: Re: > > checking progress of a

Re: checking progress of alter table on an InnoDB table (Was: Re: checking progress of alter table on a MyISAM table)

2012-09-27 Thread Larry Martell
gt; -Original Message- >> From: Larry Martell [mailto:larry.mart...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 1:20 PM >> To: Rick James >> Cc: mysql mailing list >> Subject: checking progress of alter table on an InnoDB table (Was: Re: >> checking progress of

RE: checking progress of alter table on an InnoDB table (Was: Re: checking progress of alter table on a MyISAM table)

2012-09-27 Thread Rick James
: checking progress of alter table on an InnoDB table (Was: Re: > checking progress of alter table on a MyISAM table) > > So we changed the table from MyISAM to InnoDB. I read that the 'undo > log entries' shown in 'show engine innodb status' would correspond to &g

checking progress of alter table on an InnoDB table (Was: Re: checking progress of alter table on a MyISAM table)

2012-09-27 Thread Larry Martell
e sizes would be optimistic. > >> -Original Message- >> From: Larry Martell [mailto:larry.mart...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 8:52 AM >> To: mysql mailing list >> Subject: checking progress of alter table on a MyISAM table >> >> Is

RE: checking progress of alter table on a MyISAM table

2012-09-26 Thread hsv
2012/09/26 09:31 -0700, Rick James You could look at the .TYD and .TYI file sizes and compare to the .MYD and .MYI, but that can be deceptive. If the table is really big, and has lots of indexes, the generation of the indexes might go slower and slower -- hence any math on the sizes w

RE: checking progress of alter table on a MyISAM table

2012-09-26 Thread Rick James
. > -Original Message- > From: Larry Martell [mailto:larry.mart...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 8:52 AM > To: mysql mailing list > Subject: checking progress of alter table on a MyISAM table > > Is there any way to check on the progress of a long running alte

checking progress of alter table on a MyISAM table

2012-09-26 Thread Larry Martell
Is there any way to check on the progress of a long running alter table on a MyISAM table? I know it can be done with an InnoDB table, but I haven't found a way to do it on with a MyISAM table. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http:/