From ef05df1f61ca49a9b8d451333bdc1e13cca8a731 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marc Delisle
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 17:35:46 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] compressed dumps
---
ChangeLog | 3 +++
Documentation.html | 11 +++++++++++
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index bee04e053..4fcd21cc8 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ phpMyAdmin - Changelog
$Id$
$Source$
+2002-01-25 Marc Delisle
+ * Documentation.html: FAQ about compressed dumps
+
2002-01-25 Loïc Chapeaux
* lang/bulgarian-*.inc.php3, japanese.inc.php3: updated thanks to
Georgi Georgiev .
diff --git a/Documentation.html b/Documentation.html
index bbff69443..9505f76be 100755
--- a/Documentation.html
+++ b/Documentation.html
@@ -1134,6 +1134,17 @@
logs in again.
+
+ When dumping a large table in compressed mode, I get a memory limit
+ error or a time limit error.
+
+ As of version 2.2.4, we build the compressed dump in memory, so large
+ tables dumps may hang. The only alternative we can think about (using
+ system calls to mysqldump then gzip or bzip2) would not be applicable
+ in environments where PHP is in safe mode: access to system programs
+ is limited by the system administrator, and time limit is enforced.
+
+
[ISPs]
I'm an ISP. Can I setup one central copy of phpMyAdmin or do I need to