Setting wait_timeout in my.cnf?

2003-11-11 Thread Hoeven, Maarten van der
Hi all, gosh, I must be overlooking something obvious. Running mysql 4.0.16. I want to set the wait_timeout in my.cnf (section [mysql]) like: wait_timeout = 300 also tried the depricated set-variable = wait_timeout=300 Both are not working; still default to 28800. Sure, I stopped and started

RE: Setting wait_timeout in my.cnf?

2003-11-11 Thread Hoeven, Maarten van der
correction: section shoud be read as [mysqld] -Original Message- From: Hoeven, Maarten van der Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 12:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Setting wait_timeout in my.cnf? Hi all, gosh, I must be overlooking something obvious. Running mysql 4.0.16. I want

RE: Re: Setting wait_timeout in my.cnf?

2003-11-11 Thread Hoeven, Maarten van der
but substitute any underbar (_) with a hiven (-) when doing a setting in the my.cnf. -- kind regards Nils Valentin Tokyo/Japan http://www.be-known-online.com/mysql/ On Tuesday 11 November 2003 20:22, Hoeven, Maarten van der wrote: correction: section shoud be read as [mysqld] -Original Message

RE: Setting wait_timeout in my.cnf?

2003-11-11 Thread Hoeven, Maarten van der
PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 1:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Hoeven, Maarten van der Subject: Re: Setting wait_timeout in my.cnf? Hmm. You could try show variables like %timeout%; perhaps interactive_timeout can help you out ? -- kind regards Nils Valentin Tokyo/Japan http

Amount of memory: rule of thumb

2003-09-23 Thread Hoeven, Maarten van der
Hi all, Is there a rule of thumb how much internal memory you should install, when pursuing maximum performance? A rule of thumb like: Internal memory should be equal or more than the size of the database. Example: total database size=3 GB; therefor internal memory should be at least 3 Gb. Is

RE: Amount of memory: rule of thumb

2003-09-23 Thread Hoeven, Maarten van der
different. Thanks, Maarten -Original Message- From: Berry Sizemore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 3:37 PM To: Hoeven, Maarten van der Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Amount of memory: rule of thumb jihad! My opinion is memory concerns are bound

What's faster: string or numeric comparison...?

2003-09-03 Thread Hoeven, Maarten van der
Hi all, consider I want to compare one field stored in two tables (the field being a key in both tables), like SELECT table1.field FROM table1, table2 WHERE table1.field=table2.field I have the choice (I'm developping the datamodel right now) to define this field as an INT(6) or as an

RE: Abt Mysqldump

2003-09-02 Thread Hoeven, Maarten van der
What are the errors? For example, is the error like unable to create the tables, because the tables still exist? See the dumpfile if tables are created (by default). If so, delete the tables first, and redump back the dumpfile. -Original Message- From: Uma Shankari T. [mailto:[EMAIL