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author | unknown <monty@hundin.mysql.fi> | 2002-05-28 10:22:50 +0300 |
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committer | unknown <monty@hundin.mysql.fi> | 2002-05-28 10:22:50 +0300 |
commit | 10be37fa6398683b2b1701ae1601f0ed3ce259ac (patch) | |
tree | 957570a8ef248df68559bf940720f11fd427a102 | |
parent | ec04d043aa936dcef14f60c7815ab4753bf6970f (diff) | |
parent | bc63956efef564444bd9f325d09b42c096f23951 (diff) | |
download | mariadb-git-10be37fa6398683b2b1701ae1601f0ed3ce259ac.tar.gz |
Merge work:/home/bk/mysql-4.0 into hundin.mysql.fi:/my/bk/mysql-4.0
Docs/manual.texi:
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diff --git a/Docs/manual.texi b/Docs/manual.texi index 15629cd4b32..a79a8c14e01 100644 --- a/Docs/manual.texi +++ b/Docs/manual.texi @@ -21192,17 +21192,17 @@ Usually, @code{myisampack} packs the datafile 40%-70%. MySQL uses memory mapping (@code{mmap()}) on compressed tables and falls back to normal read/write file usage if @code{mmap()} doesn't work. -There are currently two limitations with @code{myisampack}: +Please note the following: @itemize @bullet @item -After packing, the table is read-only. +After packing, the table is read-only. This is generally intended +(such as when accessing packed tables on a CD). Also allowing writes +to a packed table is on our TODO list but with low priority. @item -@code{myisampack} can also pack @code{BLOB} or @code{TEXT} columns. The -older @code{pack_isam} could not do this. +@code{myisampack} can also pack @code{BLOB} or @code{TEXT} columns. +The older @code{pack_isam} (for @code{ISAM} tables) can not do this. @end itemize -Fixing these limitations is on our TODO list but with low priority. - @code{myisampack} is invoked like this: @example |