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What does msg_1 do? [message #27705] Wed, 21 September 2005 22:26 Go to next message
duru1 is currently offline  duru1   United States
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We have installed fudforum on our server and over time
noticed that msg_1 file grows in size. I have recently
for test purposes copied the file to a different location and
zeroed out the file. In doing so I have notice that the body of previous messages that were sent in various forums were gone.
I still have the old msg_1 file. The purpose of moving the
file was to gain more disk space. Is there a way to fix this
without having to fill my disk.
Re: What does msg_1 do? [message #27707 is a reply to message #27705] Thu, 22 September 2005 13:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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That file stores the message bodies, you cannot just remove it Smile

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Re: What does msg_1 do? [message #27715 is a reply to message #27707] Thu, 22 September 2005 17:55 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I still have the old msg_1,can it move it back. Is there a way of joining the old and new msg_1 file so the bodies will still be there. And also is there a way of compressing the file to save disk space with any problems, if so how?


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Re: What does msg_1 do? [message #27717 is a reply to message #27715] Thu, 22 September 2005 20:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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You cannot compress that file no more then you can compress your MySQL database and have it continue to work.

You can merge but it probably better to keep them separate now, rename the old one to msg_2 and and update old message to have file_id column to have 2 as a value.


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Re: What does msg_1 do? [message #27718 is a reply to message #27717] Thu, 22 September 2005 21:16 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I moved the old msg_1 file to msg_2 file to the right location
and the bodies are still not appearing. What do you mean
when you say update the old message to have file_id column to have 2 as a value. Are you saying that I should update the fud_msg.tbl or something else.


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Re: What does msg_1 do? [message #27728 is a reply to message #27718] Fri, 23 September 2005 14:20 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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The database msg table stored the id of the file to open. So for all old message you need to update that id to # 2.

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Re: What does msg_1 do? [message #27733 is a reply to message #27728] Fri, 23 September 2005 16:21 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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What file do I need to modify inorder to make these
changes? And exactly what field in the file do I change?


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Re: What does msg_1 do? [message #27734 is a reply to message #27733] Fri, 23 September 2005 16:27 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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You need to modify the message table in the database.

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Re: What does msg_1 do? [message #27735 is a reply to message #27734] Fri, 23 September 2005 16:32 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Is it the fud_msg.tbl file? if so exactly what fields
in the file need to change to #2?



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Re: What does msg_1 do? [message #27736 is a reply to message #27735] Fri, 23 September 2005 16:51 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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You need RUN a database query... y'know UPDATE

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Re: What does msg_1 do? [message #27737 is a reply to message #27736] Fri, 23 September 2005 16:55 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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When I run ./mysql I get this error :
ERROR 1045: Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: NO)
Re: What does msg_1 do? [message #27740 is a reply to message #27737] Fri, 23 September 2005 20:11 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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You need to provide login password and the database you want to access to that command.

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Re: What does msg_1 do? [message #27744 is a reply to message #27740] Sat, 24 September 2005 01:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Thank you so much for your help!! I was able to retrieve the
messages by updating the message table. I was not able to view any new messages in that table since the messages were lost.
Meaning everything in msg_2 exist in the message table but the new msg_1 doesnot.
Re: What does msg_1 do? [message #27747 is a reply to message #27744] Sat, 24 September 2005 16:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Did you make sure to ONLY update the records referring to the new messages?

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Re: What does msg_1 do? [message #27787 is a reply to message #27747] Mon, 26 September 2005 17:09 Go to previous message
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I moved the old msg_1 back to the message directory and renamed it to msg_2 then updated the mesage table to change the file_id from 1 to 2 which only contained the old message and not the new messages.
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