At 21:47 +0000 7/9/03, Gustavo A. Baratto wrote:
>Greetings,
>
>What happens if I use the command below when innodb engine is running?
>
>set global have_innodb=0;
You can easily find out by trying it. (Go ahead, nothing bad will
happen.)
>
>I want to stop innodb engine without stopping the whole server for
>backup (most tables are myisam).
>
>Any ideas on how to do that?
You can't. Storage engines like InnoDB or BDB can only be disabled or
enabled at startup time. have_innodb and have_bdb are indicators
of the availability of these engines; they cannot be set while the
server is running.
>
>Thank all
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