$ watch -d mysqlshow --status myDB #shows the count of rows is constantly fluctuating for some tables, even though the database is offline. There ought to be a note about it here and on HELP SHOW TABLE STATUS; Must use o --count Show the number of rows per table. (Which also should mention that it also shows number of columns.)
>Release: mysql-5.1.32-1 ((Debian)) >C compiler: gcc (Debian 4.3.3-5) 4.3.3 >C++ compiler: g++ (Debian 4.3.3-5) 4.3.3 >Environment: System: Linux jidanni2 2.6.26-1-686 #1 SMP Sat Jan 10 18:29:31 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux Some paths: /usr/bin/perl /usr/bin/make Compilation info (call): CC='gcc' CFLAGS='-O3 -DBIG_JOINS=1 ' CXX='g++' CXXFLAGS='-O3 -DBIG_JOINS=1 -felide-constructors -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti ' LDFLAGS='' ASFLAGS='' Compilation info (used): CC='gcc' CFLAGS=' -O3 -DBIG_JOINS=1 -DUNIV_LINUX' CXX='g++' CXXFLAGS=' -O3 -DBIG_JOINS=1 -felide-constructors -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti -fno-implicit-templates -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti' LDFLAGS=' -rdynamic ' ASFLAGS='' LIBC: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 2009-03-21 08:20 /lib/libc.so.6 -> libc-2.9.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1310924 2009-03-19 02:16 /lib/libc-2.9.so Configure command: ./configure '--build=i486-linux-gnu' '--host=i486-linux-gnu' '--prefix=/usr' '--exec-prefix=/usr' '--libexecdir=/usr/sbin' '--datadir=/usr/share' '--localstatedir=/var/lib/mysql' '--includedir=/usr/include' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--with-server-suffix=-1' '--with-comment=(Debian)' '--with-system-type=debian-linux-gnu' '--enable-shared' '--enable-static' '--enable-thread-safe-client' '--enable-assembler' '--enable-local-infile' '--with-pstack' '--with-fast-mutexes' '--with-big-tables' '--with-unix-socket-path=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' '--with-mysqld-user=mysql' '--with-libwrap' '--with-ssl' '--without-docs' '--with-extra-charsets=all' '--with-plugins=max' '--without-ndbcluster' '--with-embedded-server' '--with-embedded-privilege-control' 'build_alias=i486-linux-gnu' 'host_alias=i486-linux-gnu' 'CC=gcc' 'CFLAGS=-O3 -DBIG_JOINS=1 ' 'LDFLAGS=' 'CPPFLAGS=' 'CXX=g++' 'CXXFLAGS=-O3 -DBIG_JOINS=1 -felide-constructors -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti ' 'FFLAGS=-g -O2' -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org