>> [JS] So far as I know, Windows supports mount points but not symbolic
>> links.
>
>You are correct Jerry, Windows does not support symbolic links but for
>MySQL purposes you can create an .sym file containing the full path to
>the
>new location and MySQL will read the file and look in the specif
>
>
>>-Original Message-
>>From: John Daisley [mailto:john.dais...@mypostoffice.co.uk]
>>Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 6:30 AM
>>To: Foo JH
>>Cc: schackenb...@termindoc.de; mysql@lists.mysql.com
>>Subject: Re: AW: creating databases in different f
>-Original Message-
>From: John Daisley [mailto:john.dais...@mypostoffice.co.uk]
>Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 6:30 AM
>To: Foo JH
>Cc: schackenb...@termindoc.de; mysql@lists.mysql.com
>Subject: Re: AW: creating databases in different folders
>
>MySQL represents e
John Daisley wrote:
> MySQL represents each database by means of a database directory located
> within the data directory. You can move a database directory to a location
> outside the datadirectory and replace it with a symlink.
Thanks for the tip John, esp. the detailed steps to take. It sounds
s
MySQL represents each database by means of a database directory located
within the data directory. You can move a database directory to a location
outside the datadirectory and replace it with a symlink.
Moving a database directory is very simple. Just follow these steps. (I
think you said you wer
Hi,
Benedikt Schackenberg wrote:
You can configure it in the my.cnf file: there you can set the data
directory.
Thanks for the quick reply.
My concern is that setting the data directory puts ALL databases in that
folder. What I plan to do is to put databases in separate folders.
Is that po
Benedikt Schackenberg wrote:
> You can configure it in the my.cnf file: there you can set the data
> directory.
Thanks for the quick reply.
My concern is that setting the data directory puts ALL databases in that
folder. What I plan to do is to put databases in separate folders.
Is that possible
