From: Michael Widenius Date: March 26 1999 8:59pm Subject: Limiting the number of children List-Archive: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/1096 Message-Id: <14075.62481.713179.686671@monty.pp.sci.fi> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >>>>> "Christopher" == Christopher Gray writes: Christopher> Is there a way to limit the number of children that mysqld spawns? Every once in a Christopher> while, I'll see child processes (up to 10, in one case) when I know that the mysql Christopher> server is not being used. Christopher> Are the child processes supposed to die off after a while, or is there a way to limit Christopher> the number of processes that are spawned? Christopher> Thanks, Christopher> Chris Hi! The MySQL child will automaticly die as soon as there is no connection to it! You can check this with 'mysqladmin processlist' Regards, Monty