""Gary Richardson"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Can I pre-create innodb tablespace using something like dd (or any other > better tool)? I'm afraid it can't be done that way, because fresh datafile is not simply an empty file filled with zeros. You should be able though to expand the tablespace by specifying autoextend attribute for the last datafile listed in innodb_data_file_path. This will, of course, not expand the tablespace immediately. It will grow in time as the new data is stored and according to the database parameters. Maciek -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
