On Mon, 2007-01-22 at 17:38 -0800, Robinson Tiemuqinke wrote: > Hi, > > Here is a newbie on both Fedora Core and MySQL. I > have my database corrupted and so data in one table is > currently not playable. > > But fortunately I have the <tableName>.{MYI|MYD|frm} > file saved accidently two days ago. should I just stop > mysql and overwrite related files? or I have to play > log files? I'd stop it first and try "myisamchk <name-of-table>". See if that fixes it first before doing anything more drastic. You can add a "-v" to the command for verbose output. Have a look at the man page for other options. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com - - - - Perseverance: When you're too damned stubborn to say "I quit!" - ----------------------------------------------------------------------