Bug #10689 mysql 4.0.24 runs fine for a few minutes, but then starts to use 4 GB of RAM
Submitted: 17 May 2005 15:21 Modified: 2 Jun 2005 16:54
Reporter: bart dom Email Updates:
Status: Can't repeat Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: Installing Severity:S1 (Critical)
Version:4.0.24 on itanium2 OS:Linux (RHEL 3 AS)
Assigned to: Matthew Lord CPU Architecture:Any

File: Maximum allowed size is 50MB.
Description:
Privacy:

If the data you need to attach is more than 50MB, you should create a compressed archive of the data, split it to 50MB chunks, and upload each of them as a separate attachment.

To split a large file: