Re: mysql server won't start,

[tom arnall <kloro2006@gmail.com>]

On Sunday 11 February 2007 02:12, Raffaele Morelli wrote:
> Hi,
>
> quoting from your my.cnf
>
> # WARNING: Using expire_logs_days without bin_log crashes the server! See
> README.Debian!
> expire_logs_days        = 10
> max_binlog_size         = 100M
> #binlog_do_db           = include_database_name
> #binlog_ignore_db       = include_database_name
>
>
>
> you are using a 10 days expire logs directive without uncomment the
> 'binlog_do_db' directive and without indicating a database name for it, no
> matter the 'WARNING: Using expire_logs_days without bin_log crashes the
> server!" says about.
>
> Try not to use binary logs or set parameters correctly for them.
>
> ragards
> raffaele

how did you get this information? are there any books that cover this kind of 
thing?

thanks,

tom