Re: InnoDB problem with windows MySQL 5.0.15?

[Dan Prosser]

hi,

I also had this problem and fixed it by deleting BOTH my DATA and LOG files at the same time and restarting the server.

For example,

Step 1. Stop MySQL service

Step 2. Delete files:

C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\data\ib_logfile*
C:\MySQL Datafiles\ibdata*

Step 3: Restart MySQL service

MySQL InnoDB needs to create both DATA and LOGS at the same time -- it says this in the log file output. So if you don't delete both data and log files at the same time when it starts up it will fail to create the InnoDB database files properly and InnoDB will show up as DISABLED rather than DEFAULT (when using "show engines").

Dan.