Re: alter table destroys symbolic links!

2001-03-22 Thread Eric Fitzgerald
From: "Christian Hammers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 11:51 AM Subject: BUG: alter table destroys symbolic links! > Hello > > If table xyz is a symbolic link (recommended in the manual for very big files > that do not

BUG: alter table destroys symbolic links!

2001-03-22 Thread Christian Hammers
Hello If table xyz is a symbolic link (recommended in the manual for very big files that do not fit on a single partition) then "ALTER TABLE xyz TYPE=ISAM;" ignores this, removes the link and recreate the table on the data directory. I consider it a bug, as it is a) not what the user expects,