Re: Rename Database - Why Would This Not Work?

[Rob Wultsch]

On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 7:37 AM, Johan De Meersman <vegivamp@stripped>wrote:

> You don't even need to stop the server afaik. As mentioned previously,
> though, works for MyISAM only.
>

While this is strictly true there are some big caveats (flushing tables,
etc). It is safer to shut down the database before moving files around.

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Rob Wultsch
wultsch@stripped