From: jon
Date: March 31 2005 1:03pm
Subject: bk commit - mysqldoc tree (jon:1.2791)
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ChangeSet
  1.2791 05/03/31 23:03:17 jon@stripped +1 -0
  New configure option --with-big-tables (per Joerg).

  Docs/manual.texi
    1.2623 05/03/31 23:03:12 jon@stripped +29 -0
    New configure option --with-big-tables (per Joerg).

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--- 1.2622/Docs/manual.texi	2005-03-31 14:24:25 +10:00
+++ 1.2623/Docs/manual.texi	2005-03-31 23:03:12 +10:00
@@ -7967,6 +7967,7 @@
 @subsection Typical @command{configure} Options
 
 @findex without-server option
+@findex with-big-tables option
 @cindex @command{configure} script
 @cindex options, @command{configure}
 @cindex configuration options
@@ -8223,6 +8224,23 @@
 applications.  @xref{Threaded clients}.
 
 @item
+It is now possible to build MySQL with big table support using the
+@code{--with-big-tables} option, beginning with the following MySQL versions:
+@itemize @bullet
+  @item
+  @strong{4.0 series}: 4.0.25
+  @item
+  @strong{4.1 series}: 4.1.1
+  @item
+  @strong{5.0 series}: 4.0.4
+@end itemize
+This option causes the variables used to keep table row counts to be stored
+using @code{unsigned long long} rather than @code{unsigned long}. What this does
+is to allow tables to hold up to approximately 1.844E+19 ((2^32)^2) rows rather
+than 4G rows. Previously it was necessary to pass @code{-DBIG_TABLES} to the
+compiler manually in order to enable this feature.
+
+@item
 Options that pertain to particular systems can be found in the
 system-specific section of this manual.
 @xref{Operating System Specific Notes}.
@@ -97930,6 +97948,10 @@
 changed, so that it's now possible to have a replication master and slave
 running with different global time zones. A drawback is that replication
 from 5.0.4 masters to pre-5.0.4 slaves is impossible.
+@item
+Added @code{--with-big-tables} compilation option to @command{configure}.
+(Previously it was necessary to pass @code{-DBIG_TABLES} to the compiler manually in
+order to enable large table support.) See @ref{compile options} for details.
 @end itemize
 
 Bugs fixed:
@@ -99305,6 +99327,10 @@
 stopping with an error. The default in MySQL 4.1 is 0. You must explicitly
 set the value greater than 0 to enable the ``retry'' behavior. (In MySQL
 5.0.3 or newer, the default is 10.) (Bug #8325)
+@item
+Added @code{--with-big-tables} compilation option to @command{configure}.
+(Previously it was necessary to pass @code{-DBIG_TABLES} to the compiler manually in
+order to enable large table support.) See @ref{compile options} for details.
 @end itemize
 
 Bugs fixed:
@@ -102314,6 +102340,9 @@
 Functionality added or changed:
 @itemize @bullet
 @item
+Added @code{--with-big-tables} compilation option to @command{configure}.
+(Previously it was necessary to pass @code{-DBIG_TABLES} to the compiler manually in
+order to enable large table support.) See @ref{compile options} for details.
 @end itemize
 
 Bugs fixed: