Re: Properly shutting down mysql

2003-01-28 Thread Benjamin Pflugmann
Hi. On Mon 2003-01-27 at 16:31:48 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > If I manually shut down mysql, I usaully use the mysqladmin shutdown > command. However, I noticed that the "red hat" way of stopping mysql in > its init scripts is by issuing a "kill" command to the pid. U, is > this wise?

Properly shutting down mysql

2003-01-27 Thread Steve Quezadas
If I manually shut down mysql, I usaully use the mysqladmin shutdown command. However, I noticed that the "red hat" way of stopping mysql in its init scripts is by issuing a "kill" command to the pid. U, is this wise? What about if the tables aren't written to disk? Isn't the "proper" way