manual.texi:

@node InnoDB start, InnoDB init, InnoDB overview, InnoDB

@subsection InnoDB Startup Options

To use InnoDB tables you @strong{MUST} specify configuration parameters

To use InnoDB tables in MySQL-Max-3.23

you @strong{MUST} specify configuration parameters

in the MySQL configuration file in the @code{[mysqld]} section of

the configuration file @file{my.cnf}. @xref{Option files}.

The only required parameter to use InnoDB is @code{innodb_data_file_path},

but you should set others if you want to get a better performance.

The only required parameter to use InnoDB in MySQL-Max-3.23

is @code{innodb_data_file_path}.

In MySQL-4.0 you do not need to specify even

@code{innodb_data_file_path}. The default is to create a 64 MB

data file @file{ibdata1} to the @code{datadir} of MySQL.

But to get good performance you MUST explicitly set the InnoDB parameters

listed below in examples.

The default value for @code{innodb_data_home_dir} is the @code{datadir}

of MySQL. If you do not specify @code{innodb_data_home_dir}, then

to be >= 10 MB. The combined size of log files MUST be < 4G

in 32-bit computers.

InnoDB does not create directories:

you have to create them yourself.

Check that the MySQL server

@strong{InnoDB does not create directories:

you have to create them yourself.}

Check also that the MySQL server

has the rights to create files in the directories you specify.

When you the first time create an InnoDB database, it

@item @strong{Option} @tab @strong{Description}

@item @code{innodb_data_home_dir} @tab 

The common part of the directory path for all InnoDB data files.

The default for this parameter is the @code{datadir} of MySQL.

@item @code{innodb_data_file_path} @tab 

Paths to individual data files and their sizes. The full directory path

to each data file is acquired by concatenating innodb_data_home_dir to