@@ -8987,6 +8987,24 @@ Lock the @code{mysqld} process in memory. This works only if your system
supports the @code{mlockall()} system call. This may help if you have
a problem where the opearting system is causing @code{mysqld} to swap on disk.
@item --myisam-recover [=option[,option...]]] where option is one of DEFAULT, BACKUP or FORCE.
If this option is used, @code{mysqld} will on open check if the table is
marked as crashed or if if the table wasn't closed properly
(The last option only works if you are running with @code{--skip-locking}).
If this is the case mysqld will run check on the table. If the table was
corrupted, @code{mysqld} will attempt to repair it.
The following options affects how the repair works.
@multitable @columnfractions .3 .7
@item DEFAULT @tab The same as not giving any option to @code{--myisam-recover}.
@item BACKUP @tab If the data table was changed during recover, save a backup of the @file{table_name.MYD} data file as @file{table_name-datetime.BAK}.
@item FORCE @tab Run recover even if we will loose more than one row from the .MYD file.
@end multitable
Before a table is automaticly repaired, mysqld will add a note about this
in the error log.
@item --pid-file=path
Path to pid file used by @code{safe_mysqld}.
@@ -21103,6 +21121,9 @@ The following is new in @code{MyISAM}:
@itemize @bullet
@item
If @code{mysqld} is started with @code{--myisam-recover}, @code{MyISAM} tables
will automaticly be repaired on open if the table wasn't closed properly.
@item
You can @code{INSERT} new rows in a table without deleted rows,
while other threads are reading from the table.
@item
@@ -21186,6 +21207,18 @@ Note that index files are usually much smaller with @code{MyISAM} than with
system resources than @code{ISAM}, but will need more CPU when inserting
data into compressed index.
The following options to @code{mysqld} can be used to change the behavior of
@code{MyISAM} tables:
@multitable @columnfractions .40 .60
@item @strong{Option} @tab @strong{Meaning}
@item @code{--myisam-recover} @tab Automatic recover of crashed tables.
@item @code{-O myisam_sort_buffer_size=#} @tab Buffer used when recovering tables.
@item @code{--delay-key-write-for-all-tables} @tab Don't flush key buffers between writes for any MyISAM table
@end multitable
@xref{Command-line options}.
@menu
* Key space:: Space needed for keys
* MyISAM table formats:: MyISAM table formats
@@ -36080,7 +36113,7 @@ don't yet support:
@table @code
@item Sub select
@item Foregin keys
@item Foreign keys
@item Stored procedures
@item An extendable type system.
@item A way to extend the SQL to handle new key types (like R-trees)
