Am 29.10.2012 14:55, schrieb Reindl Harald:
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> Am 29.10.2012 14:54, schrieb walter harms:
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>> Am 29.10.2012 13:17, schrieb Reindl Harald:
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>>> Am 29.10.2012 12:48, schrieb walter harms:
>>>> hi list,
>>>> does someone know under what circumstances ''optimize tables'' will
>>>> create a tmpfile?
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>>> under all if it is MyISAM and for "select id from table order by rand();"
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>> interessting, i was trying to force it (with optimize) but it did not work.
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>> Is there a way to restrict the maximum size of those tmpfiles?
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> you do you imagine restrict them?
actually i espected a no, but sometimes i have to think positv.
> they are as big as the table
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that is a problem with a large table
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