set global aria_log_file_size=4294959104; drop database if exists mysqltest; create database mysqltest; connect admin, localhost, root,,mysqltest,,; connection default; use mysqltest; set global aria_checkpoint_interval=0; create table t2 (a varchar(100)) engine=myisam; insert into t2 select repeat('z',100); insert into t2 select * from t2; insert into t2 select * from t2; insert into t2 select * from t2; insert into t2 select * from t2; insert into t2 select * from t2; insert into t2 select * from t2; connection default; connection admin; * shut down mysqld, removed logs, restarted it connection default; create table t1 (a varchar(100)) engine=aria transactional=1; show create table t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `a` varchar(100) DEFAULT NULL ) ENGINE=Aria DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 PAGE_CHECKSUM=1 TRANSACTIONAL=1 show engine aria logs; Type Name Status Aria Size 16384 aria_log.00000001 unknown insert into t1 values('a'); insert into t1 select * from t2; show engine aria logs; Type Name Status Aria Size 24576 aria_log.00000001 unknown connection default; connection admin; * shut down mysqld, removed logs, restarted it connection default; truncate table t1; insert into t1 select * from t2; show engine aria logs; Type Name Status Aria Size 16384 aria_log.00000001 unknown drop table t1; connection default; connection admin; * shut down mysqld, removed logs, restarted it connection default; create table t1 (a varchar(100)) engine=aria transactional=1; insert into t1 values('a'); create table if not exists t1 select * from t2; Warnings: Note 1050 Table 't1' already exists show engine aria logs; Type Name Status Aria Size 16384 aria_log.00000001 unknown connection default; connection admin; * shut down mysqld, removed logs, restarted it connection default; drop table t1; create table t1 engine=aria transactional=1 select * from t2; show engine aria logs; Type Name Status Aria Size 16384 aria_log.00000001 unknown drop database mysqltest;