>>>>> "Bruce" == Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
>> I am not going to beat it into the ground this time -- I have >> argued the issue at length before (some would
sayfor far too >> long! :-)). But I am going to drop reminders as we get bug >> reports and compliants. And
Iwouldremind the group that MySQL >> does this easily -- it has utilities to migrate between its >> different table
types.
Bruce> It is my understanding that the MySQL heap format hasn't Bruce> changed since 1991. I think that helps
themupgrade. We Bruce> add features too quickly. :-)
Just to clear this little bit of particularly unconstructive FUD from
the air , no they haven't changed NISAM but created a new format :-
Upgrading from a 3.22 version to 3.23 -------------------------------------
*MySQL* 3.23 supports tables of the new `MyISAM' type and the old `NISAM' type. You don't have to convert your
oldtables to use these with 3.23. By default, all new tables will be created with type `MyISAM' (unless you start
`mysqld'with the `--default-table-type=isam' option. You can change an `ISAM' table to a `MyISAM' table with `ALTER
TABLE'or the Perl script `mysql_convert_table_format'.
Sincerely,
Adrian Phillips
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