Bug #33250 SELECT * FROM really_big_federated_table eats lots of virtual memory (OOM)
Submitted: 14 Dec 2007 17:17 Modified: 21 Dec 2009 5:00
Reporter: Michael Bacarella Email Updates:
Status: Verified Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: Federated storage engine Severity:S2 (Serious)
Version:mysql-5.1.22-rc OS:Linux
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any
Tags: 5.1, crash, federated, OOM, swap

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