Re: what are those MySQL files for?

2006-07-01 Thread Douglas Sims
Those are the files which contain the data in each table in your MySQL databases. I think the .myd files contain the data, the .myi files contain indexes, and the .frm files contain schema information. Douglas Sims [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Jun 30, 2006, at 11:47 PM, Octavian Rasnita wrote:

Re: what are those MySQL files for?

2006-07-01 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Jul 01), Douglas Sims said: On Jun 30, 2006, at 11:47 PM, Octavian Rasnita wrote: In the /data/database_name directory I have found a few files I don't know what they are used for. I have seen that some of them are pretty big. I don't think it is safe to delete them, but

what are those MySQL files for?

2006-06-30 Thread Octavian Rasnita
Hi, In the /data/database_name directory I have found a few files I don't know what they are used for. I have seen that some of them are pretty big. I don't think it is safe to delete them, but can I do something to decrease their size at least? Here are those files and their sizes in MB: 1