[mythtv-users] Using mysql for other things?

Raymond Wagner raymond at wagnerrp.com
Wed Mar 26 00:48:11 UTC 2014


On Mar 25, 2014, at 18:52, "Stephen P. Villano" <stephen.p.villano at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> On 3/25/14, 7:33 PM, Jon N wrote:
>> So I'm sure this is a very, very, rookie question, but I'm a little
>> nervous about breaking things and just want to make sure this is OK.
>> I want to learn a little about mysql, and am reading the tutorial
>> online.  The instructions involve creating, then performing some
>> commands on a simple database.  So, unless I accidentally reference
>> 'mythconverg' in some command, this shouldn't break MythTV, should it?
> I use mysql for my Zoneminder database, MythTV and an in-house use. Each
> uses its own database, such as zoneminder and mythconverg. So, using
> commands to operate on one database shouldn't impact mythconverg, though
> global configuration changes could impact all or some.

Including things like completely trashing your database tables, depending on the engine being used.  Be very cautious when tweaking tuning parameters in my.cnf.


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