From b5ac744db46c77d70c341789f095c62a00ac4c12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "paul@teton.kitebird.com" <> Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 15:22:57 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] manual.texi define "replication coordinates" manual.texi minor fixups --- Docs/manual.texi | 22 ++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/Docs/manual.texi b/Docs/manual.texi index f4b85a7313d..eade57dfdc9 100644 --- a/Docs/manual.texi +++ b/Docs/manual.texi @@ -24329,7 +24329,8 @@ MASTER_LOG_SEQ=log_seq AND MASTER_SERVER_ID=server_id} @tab This command is used when a slave of a possibly dead/unavailable master needs to be switched to replicate off another slave that has been replicating the same master. The command will return recalculated -replication coordinates, and the output can be used in a subsequent +replication coordinates (the slave's current binary log file +name and position within that file). The output can be used in a subsequent @code{CHANGE MASTER TO} command. Normal users should never need to run this command. It is primarily reserved for internal use by the fail-safe replication code. We may later change the syntax if we find a more @@ -26959,7 +26960,7 @@ For @code{BLOB} and @code{TEXT} columns, you must index a prefix of the column. You cannot index the entire column. In MySQL Version 3.23.23 or later, you can also create special -@strong{FULLTEXT} indexes. They are used for full-text search. Only the +@code{FULLTEXT} indexes. They are used for full-text search. Only the @code{MyISAM} table type supports @code{FULLTEXT} indexes. They can be created only from @code{VARCHAR} and @code{TEXT} columns. Indexing always happens over the entire column and partial indexing is not @@ -28034,7 +28035,7 @@ You should not symlink tables on systems that don't have a fully working @code{realpath()} call. (At least Linux and Solaris support @code{realpath()}) -In MySQL 4.0 symlinks are only fully supported for @code{MyISAM} +In MySQL 4.0 symlinks are fully supported only for @code{MyISAM} tables. For other table types you will probably get strange problems when doing any of the above mentioned commands. @@ -28048,7 +28049,7 @@ and the data/index files. @item You can symlink the index file and the datafile to different directories -independent of the other. +independently of the other. @item The symlinking can be done from the operating system (if @code{mysqld} is @@ -28058,13 +28059,14 @@ in @code{CREATE TABLE}. @xref{CREATE TABLE}. @item @code{myisamchk} will not replace a symlink with the index/file but work directly on the files the symlinks points to. Any temporary files -will be created in the same directory where the data/index file is. +will be created in the same directory where the data or index file is +located. @item When you drop a table that is using symlinks, both the symlink and the -file the symlink points to is dropped. This is a good reason to why you -should @strong{not} run @code{mysqld} as root and not allow persons to have write -access to the MySQL database directories. +file the symlink points to are dropped. This is a good reason to why you +should @strong{not} run @code{mysqld} as @code{root} or allow +persons to have write access to the MySQL database directories. @item If you rename a table with @code{ALTER TABLE RENAME} and you don't change @@ -28091,7 +28093,7 @@ Things that are not yet supported: @item @code{CREATE TABLE} doesn't report if the table has symbolic links. @item -@code{mysqldump} doesn't include the symbolic links information in the output. +@code{mysqldump} doesn't include the symbolic link information in the output. @item @code{BACKUP TABLE} and @code{RESTORE TABLE} don't respect symbolic links. @end itemize @@ -36008,7 +36010,7 @@ When you use @code{ORDER BY} or @code{GROUP BY} with a @code{TEXT} or @item In MySQL Version 3.23.23 or later, you can also create special -@strong{FULLTEXT} indexes. They are used for full-text search. Only the +@code{FULLTEXT} indexes. They are used for full-text search. Only the @code{MyISAM} table type supports @code{FULLTEXT} indexes. They can be created only from @code{VARCHAR} and @code{TEXT} columns. Indexing always happens over the entire column, partial indexing is not