Re: question on create_tmp_table_priv

2006-11-14 Thread Ryan Stille
Marten Lehmann wrote: that is the sort of thing that I expected and was afraid of. Also, I think the mysql documentation doesn't really point out that temporary tables are always kept in memory. Couldn't mysql create them in /tmp/. instead? Actually I was just reading through the docs about thi

Re: question on create_tmp_table_priv

2006-11-14 Thread Marten Lehmann
Hello, > If a person forgets to drop temp tables and stays within a connection for hours or even days, memory resources can be overloaded a lot of temp tables. Furthermore, loading temp tables with a GB of data is bad practice but is possible under such circumstances. that is the sort of thin

Re: question on create_tmp_table_priv

2006-11-14 Thread Rolando Edwards
Maybe it is because you can manually create temporary tables in Stored Procedures. Creating tables using 'create_priv' allows other users to view your table if the other users have 'select_priv' for that same table. Creating tables using 'create_tmp_table_priv' allows only the calling user to vi