Bug #9743 New configure option with missleading documentation

• Submitted: 8 Apr 2005 6:41
• Modified: 9 Apr 2005 4:10
• Reporter: Nick Gaugler
• Status: Closed
• Category: MySQL Server: Documentation
• Severity: S3 (Non-critical)
• Version: 4.1
• OS: N/A
• Assigned to: Jon Stephens
• CPU Architecture: Any

[8 Apr 2005 6:41] Nick Gaugler

Description:
Regarding --with-big-tables.
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/configure-options.html

"What this does is to allow tables to hold up to approximately 1.844E+19 ((2^32)^2) rows rather than 4G rows."

This missleads the reader by using the G instead of (2^32) because G is commonly used with disk space.  A user can read that as saying each row must be less than 4GB.  Not as it should saying a MyISAM table can only hold 2^32 rows.

How to repeat:
Read the page.

Suggested fix:
Use 2^32 not 4G.

[9 Apr 2005 4:10] Jon Stephens

Thank you for your bug report. This issue has been addressed in the
documentation. The updated documentation will appear on our website
shortly, and will be included in the next release of the relevant
product(s).