MySQL for windows - how to turn on logging to a file??
I have MySQL installed on a windows 2003 server. I have not used MySQL before, and do not know how to turn on logging to a file. If I remote in the the server it is installed on, and launch the MySQL Administrator, I do see a section for server logs. When I enter that section, the right side of the screen is all grayed out. I'm confused how to proceed. I want to view (or turn on) any errors that are occurring to troubleshoot an application problem we are having.
Thanks.
Thanks.
You could also start the MySQL server with
mysqld --log=drive:\path\to\file
to enable the query logging.
More here:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/query-log.html
Cheers,
za-k/
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I want to turn on logging of errors. I'm not sure I follow you odbc listing. I'm directly on the server that MySQL is running on, in the MySQL Administrator software. To be clearer, I've attached a screenshot of the Server Logging section of the MySQL Administrator that I'm referencing in my question. See how all the options are grayed out? How to I enable logging of errors to help troubleshoot an issue we are having?? I just don't see how to turn on error logging.
Thanks again.
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Thanks again.
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Ok, you need to run your server with --log:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/query-log.html
Open Services on your computer, stop the MySQL server, then run mysqld from the command
line:
mysqld.exe --defaults-file="c:\\bin\\
Then look into
drive:\path\to\mysql\data
for a file ComputerName.log
In there you will find all the queries send to the server.
More here:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/query-log.html
Cheers,
za-k/
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Thank you for your help!
If you are connected to MySQL via ODBC, then you can enable ODBC logging:
Control Panel->Administrative Tools->Data Sources->Tracing.
Cheers,
za-k/