Thanks for the quick reply-- > Yes, this is a common strategy, actually.
Any tricks to getting the tables converted on the master without the slaves knowing about it (IE how can I do 'alter table' on the master without it being executed on the slaves)? > Transactions are not written to the binary log on the master until they > are committed, so that's already taken care of. (Rolled back transactions > never appear in the binary log.) -Matt- -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]