svn commit - mysqldoc@docsrva: r1865 - in trunk: . refman-5.1 refman-common

[paul]

Author: paul
Date: 2006-04-19 16:27:17 +0200 (Wed, 19 Apr 2006)
New Revision: 1865

Log:
 r9563@frost:  paul | 2006-04-19 09:05:21 -0500
 Server now allows Windows device names as database object names (by
 appending @@@ to filename). (Bug#17870)


Modified:
   trunk/
   trunk/refman-5.1/language-structure.xml
   trunk/refman-common/news-5.1.xml


Property changes on: trunk
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Name: svk:merge
   - 4767c598-dc10-0410-bea0-d01b485662eb:/mysqldoc-local/mysqldoc/trunk:6745
b5ec3a16-e900-0410-9ad2-d183a3acac99:/mysqldoc-local/mysqldoc/trunk:9486
bf112a9c-6c03-0410-a055-ad865cd57414:/mysqldoc-local/mysqldoc/trunk:4505
   + 4767c598-dc10-0410-bea0-d01b485662eb:/mysqldoc-local/mysqldoc/trunk:6745
b5ec3a16-e900-0410-9ad2-d183a3acac99:/mysqldoc-local/mysqldoc/trunk:9563
bf112a9c-6c03-0410-a055-ad865cd57414:/mysqldoc-local/mysqldoc/trunk:4505

Modified: trunk/refman-5.1/language-structure.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-5.1/language-structure.xml	2006-04-19 14:11:37 UTC (rev 1864)
+++ trunk/refman-5.1/language-structure.xml	2006-04-19 14:27:17 UTC (rev 1865)
@@ -1427,6 +1427,17 @@
 
       </itemizedlist>
 
+      <para>
+        On Windows, some names such as <literal>nul</literal>,
+        <literal>prn</literal>, and <literal>aux</literal> cannot
be
+        used as filenames because they are reserved as device names. As
+        of MySQL 5.1.10, these are allowable names in MySQL. They are
+        encoded by appending <literal>@@@</literal> to the name when the
+        server creates the corresponding file or directory. This occurs
+        on all platforms for portability of the corresponding database
+        object between platforms.
+      </para>
+
     </section>
 
   </section>

Modified: trunk/refman-common/news-5.1.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-common/news-5.1.xml	2006-04-19 14:11:37 UTC (rev 1864)
+++ trunk/refman-common/news-5.1.xml	2006-04-19 14:27:17 UTC (rev 1865)
@@ -72,6 +72,19 @@
 
       <listitem>
         <para>
+          On Windows, some names such as <literal>nul</literal>,
+          <literal>prn</literal>, and <literal>aux</literal>
cannot be
+          used as filenames because they are reserved as device names.
+          These are now allowable names in MySQL. They are encoded by
+          appending <literal>@@@</literal> to the name when the server
+          creates the corresponding file or directory. This occurs on
+          all platforms for portability of the corresponding database
+          object between platforms. (Bug #17870)
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
+
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
           Added <option>--debug</option> option to Instance Manager.
         </para>
       </listitem>