also sprach Karsten M. Self (on Tue, 22 May 2001 11:29:18PM -0700): > No. Your memory's going to be released. But your files might be > scrambled. I would *not* 'kill -9' my mysqld server. one of the reasons why i wouldn't run mysql for any reason in the world! unless you don't need a true database backend. martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:" net@madduck -- --hughes mearns