compile mysql with
./configure --with-memory-limit=
I forget the exact syntax.
It's also possible to pass the limit on via the env.
try using "show variables;"
as your sql query, and read how my.cnf is affecting the
settings.
Then you can export memory limits with ulimit to env from the
shell,
limit=figure
export limit
restart mysqld
-----Original Message-----
From: Lars Andersson [mailto:lars@stripped]
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 11:36 AM
To: gerald_clark
Cc: mysql@stripped
Subject: Re: mysql fills the disk with temporary files?
Is there any way to put a limit on the size of temporary tables? Or is
it possible for my users to put the server down just by creating some
kind of big cartesian product as a result of a big join?
The server is used in an production environment and it would be a great
releaf if there is some way I can stop the users from filling up the
disks.
-- lars
On Thu, 31 Oct 2002, gerald_clark wrote:
> You may have a malformed join that is giving you a very large result set.
> These would be the temporary tables.
>
> Lars Andersson wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >I manage a mysql server with a few hundred users. All of a sudden mysql
> >has started to put large files in /tmp
> >
> >I've never noticed this behavior before. The files looks like this
> >
> >-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 3788431360 Oct 31 17:49
#sql420e_36b82b_1.MYD
> >-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 1024 Oct 31 17:39
#sql420e_36b82b_1.MYI
> >-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 1094713344 Oct 31 17:49
#sql420e_36b8c6_1.MYD
> >-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 1024 Oct 31 17:45
#sql420e_36b8c6_1.MYI
> >
> >I wonder if this is the result of someone making a heap table to big to
> >fit into the servers memory?
> >
> >How do I stop these files from filling my diskspace. The server filled
> >10GB of space in notime and forced me to halt the server and put in some
> >extra disks and symlink some directories to the new disks.
> >query,sql
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