RE: AW: creating databases in different folders

[Jerry Schwartz]

>> [JS] So far as I know, Windows supports mount points but not symbolic
>> links.
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>You are correct Jerry, Windows does not support symbolic links but for
>MySQL purposes you can create an .sym file containing the full path to
>the
>new location and MySQL will read the file and look in the specified path
>for the database files.
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[JS] That's great to know, I've never needed that ability so I never looked
into it. I suppose I'll promptly forget it, but you never know what will
stick.
>The procedure is covered in the documentation here
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>http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/windows-symbolic-links.html
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