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Can I specify a different disk for a specific MySQL table?

I use my home machine as my personal database for my hobby analytics project. This machine has an SSD for the main drive where MySQL stores its data. It also has a secondary hard drive that is ...
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MySQL Workbench Database Sizes

I'm trying to find the total size on the hard disk that all of my MySQL Workbench databases are using. Does anyone know of an easy way to figure this out? If nothing else, the default location ...
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Separate tables or partition one huge table?

I'm building a rather large table that includes a particular column, my_column. There are a small-ish number of possible values for my_column, and each unique value of my_column should have the same ...
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Why does MySQL say I'm out of memory?

I was trying to execute a fairly large INSERT...SELECT in MySQL with JDBC, and I got the following exception: Exception in thread "main" java.sql.SQLException: Out of memory (Needed 1073741824 bytes) ...
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MySQL Server Backup

I was wondering if there was any way of making a backup of an entire MySQL Server at regular intervals to a specific location. (If the version is required I can get it easily). If there is, I must ...
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MySQL Server Performance

I have a few questions regarding MySQL server running under Windows Server 2008 R2: How do I check the number of allowed connections? How do I turn on query logging to see performance of queries ...
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ProcessID Owner with third party app

I am having problems trying to audit a third party app with a SQLServer backend. The app manages users and user access via a SQL table, using a single SQL login to access the databases. I am trying ...
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Binlog has bad magic number

I keep getting this error whenever I start MySQL. 121028 1:38:55 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled. 121028 1:38:55 InnoDB: The InnoDB memory heap is disabled 121028 1:38:55 InnoDB: Mutexes and ...
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Windows Server 2008 R2, Active Directory, and Oracle Database Server

I have a group of clients, Windows server 2008 R2(Active Directory Installed in it), and an oracle database Server I Want to know how to make the configuration of the following Diagram in this link: ...
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On a dedicated database server, how much memory to reserve for the OS?

Assuming you have a dedicated server explicitly for database functions -- how much memory should you reserve for the operating system? I realize this will probably vary somewhat depending on the ...
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Is there a progress indicator for OPTIMIZE TABLE progress?

MySQL 5.1.4x (Windows) | Innodb I recently purged data from a mySQL DB (a few hundred thousand rows) and I'm planning to use OPTIMIZE TABLE LOGTABLEFOO1,LOGTABLEFOO2,LOGTABLEFOO3; to reduce the ...
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MySQL Database and Table Loss

I have installed mysql and XAMPP on my system. I wanted to remove the mysql service of XAMPP. After removing it, I tried to install the new service for mysql using "MySQLInstanceConfig.exe". but now I ...
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PostgreSQL: The database cluster initialization failed

Both C:\PostgreSQL and C:\PostgreSQL\data have postgres user with full access and admin rights. I ran postgresql-9.1.2-1-windows.exe from postgres user as admin. Target C:\PostgreSQL Every way I ...
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Testing Query Speed

When I'm running a query for the first time, it takes x miliseconds to be executed. When I run it the second time it takes a lot less time. I assume that it is some caching involved in this mechanism, ...
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MySQL Workbench asking for password

I am trying to set MySQL server on my Windows 7 64 bit machine. I have downloaded MySQL server and MySQLWorkbench. I have started mysql service by command C:\> net start mysql as suggested ...
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Set-up MySQL Server on Windows 7 64-bit

I am trying to install MySQL Server on my Windows-7 64-bit machine. I have downloaded MySQL Server Community Edition and MySQL Workbench. I am trying to start a new Server Instance from Workbench. I ...
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Database Design - Creating Multiple databases to avoid the headache of limit on table size

I need to design database to store information contained in millions of log files generated by devices on trial on network. My first approach was storing all the information in tables contained in a ...
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Very Large Log Files

I'm running Windows Server 2008 R2 and executed a large query by accident. Next, the sever ran out of hard drive space. I now have a file in my administrtor documents (log.log) that is over 18GB. I ...
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How can I configure PostgreSQL 9.0 to start automatically under Windows XP?

Yesterday I installed PostgreSQL 9.0 on Windows XP, and after the installation the DB was running. After booting the system this morning, the data base server did not start automatically. How do I ...