From: Martijn Tonies
Date: December 11 2003 1:21pm
Subject: Re: How to READ/WRITE directly on MyISAM data files ?
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Hi,

> I would like to know how to write directly to MyISAM files, without
passing
> by SELECT or UPDATE queries.
>
> I believe this info can be found in the files myisam.h and myisammrg.h,
but
> I am not shure if its safe and
> how to do it.

I guess it will only be safe if you're sure you've got all bugs out, like
in the MySQL engine.

So the question would be: WHY?

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
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