Bug #41709 myisam external locking doesn't work as advertised
Submitted: 23 Dec 2008 10:59 Modified: 1 May 2009 18:42
Reporter: Shane Bester (Platinum Quality Contributor) Email Updates:
Status: Closed Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: Documentation Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version:5.0.70, 5.1.30 OS:Any (windows+linux+solaris)
Assigned to: Paul DuBois CPU Architecture:Any
Tags: corruption, external locking, myisam

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