[mythtv-users] Running optimize_mythdb.pl before mythfilldatabase

David Brodbeck gull at gull.us
Wed Feb 21 00:50:44 UTC 2007


Michael T. Dean wrote:
>> Actually, strictly speaking, 'REPAIR TABLE' should never be necessary
>> unless you've had a power cut, overfilled disk, or other, similar
>> catastrophe.
> 
> I don't trust "should" in the real world.  :)

Understood.  I don't think I've ever seen a corrupt MySQL table, but I'm
sure it happens.  That said, I do run optimize_mythdb.pl, but I've
settled on doing it weekly after deciding daily was overkill.



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