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Dynamically changeable database

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Problem

We have a database and some data is stored in a Trucrypt folder, my question is how can I include this trucrypt folder. The data type is MyISAM. I saw there is a symbolic link, but not really clear for me how can I use that.

Solution

You can use symbolic links with MySQL. All you would need to do is make a symbolic link for the .frm, .MYI and .MYD files of your MyISAM tables into the MySQL database schema directory that you want. After that, run flush tables; and they should show up.

It is also important that the MySQL user is able to access those files, so you might have a bit of an issue with user rights.

Also, depending on your MySQL version, there maybe a setting in the my.cnf which enables/disables symbolic links, so you would need to keep an eye on that too.

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StackExchange Database Administrators Q#5943, answer score: 3

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