In the last episode (Jul 23), Greg Westin said: > My MySQL databases appear to have been overwritten somehow, and I am > very distressed about this. Please tell me that there is a way to > recover this data. > > I am using Mac OS X, and recently upgraded to PHP 4.2. I have been > accessing MySQL from PHP and phpMyAdmin for a while, occasionally > using the command line as well. I don't recall making and dramatic > changes to any of these files recently. > > When I went to my web site today, I saw the error message 'could not > select database'. When I checked out the databases in MySQL, this is > what I got: > > mysql> show databases; > +---------------------+ > | Database | > +---------------------+ > | CarbonUFSVolumeInfo | > | mnta | > | mntb | > | vi.recover | > +---------------------+ > 4 rows in set (0.04 sec)
Someone else reported a similar problem a month or so ago. Somehow mysql changed directories into /var/tmp/ and is listing those directories as databases. Restart mysqld and everything will be back to normal. If you can reproduce it, file a mysql bug so the developers can fix it. -- Dan Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php