Re: Upgrading and Partitions by key

[Mikael Ronström]

Hi,
The description below doesn't ring any bells in my head, where in
the manual did you find it.

Rgrds Mikael


Andy Wrote:
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> In the partitioning restrictions and limitations
> part of the mysql documentation there is this
> statement:
>
> When performing an upgrade, tables which are
> partitioned by KEY and that use any storage engine
> other than NDBCLUSTER and must be dumped and
> reloaded.
>
> I really don't think this means that every time I
> upgrade mysql I have to dump and reload any table
> that partitions by key. That would be a painful,
> inconvenient, and time consuming process, for
> every upgrade.
>
> If that is the case, I would consider it a bug.
>
> Does it really mean that, or is it something that
> is version specific, or am I mis-interpreting what
> it is saying.
>
> Andy