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author | unknown <jcole@tetra.spaceapes.com> | 2001-08-23 14:50:57 -0500 |
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committer | unknown <jcole@tetra.spaceapes.com> | 2001-08-23 14:50:57 -0500 |
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diff --git a/Docs/manual.texi b/Docs/manual.texi index b6d05119e36..6ae3314b4c2 100644 --- a/Docs/manual.texi +++ b/Docs/manual.texi @@ -1128,6 +1128,9 @@ values). @node MySQL-Books, General-SQL, MySQL Information Sources, MySQL Information Sources @subsection Books About MySQL +For the latest book information, with user comments, please visit +@uref{http://www.mysql.com/portal/books/html/index.html}. + While this manual is still the right place for up to date technical information, its primary goal is to contain everything there is to know about MySQL. It is sometimes nice to have a bound book to read @@ -36131,7 +36134,7 @@ installing a binary version of MySQL. @xref{Installing binary}. @xref{mysqld-max, , @code{mysqld-max}}. To compile MySQL with InnoDB support, download MySQL-3.23.37 or newer -and configure @code{MySQL} with the @code{--with-innodb} option. +and configure MySQL with the @code{--with-innodb} option. @xref{Installing source}. @example @@ -36139,6 +36142,16 @@ cd /path/to/source/of/mysql-3.23.37 ./configure --with-innodb @end example +To get InnoDB to work you have to specify where the data for InnoDB +tables should be stored by specifying the @code{innodb_data_file_path} +option on the command line or in an MySQL option file. @xref{InnoDB +start}. If you have configured MySQL for InnoDB but you have not +specified the above option, @code{mysqld} will print at start: + +@example +Can't initialize InnoDB as 'innodb_data_file_path' is not set +@end example + InnoDB provides MySQL with a transaction-safe table handler with commit, rollback, and crash recovery capabilities. InnoDB does locking on row level, and also provides an Oracle-style consistent |