I thought all the data from a Vbulletin board was stored in a MySql database in /var/lib/mysql/vbulletin or what ever name you use? I was testing a backup and restore of a test install of Vbulletin. I deleted all the files from /var/lib/mysql/vbulletin. I figured Vbulletin would no longer work, but it works fine and I can still add posts. :confused:

Where else would the data be stored? What was all the files (*.MYI, *.MYD) that I deleted in the var/lib/mysql/vbulletin dir? All other MySQL databases are working fine.

Any Ideas?

BOB :homer:

You should never directly delete mySQL Database files. You can get rid of the database by using the 'drop database' command.

# mysql -u root -p
mysql> drop database 'vbulletin';
mysql> quit;
#

Originally posted by bombino
You should never directly delete mySQL Database files. You can get rid of the database by using the 'drop database' command.

I wasn't trying to delete the database I was testing a backup and restore. I deleted the files figuring that the Vbulletin board would not work then I would restore the files from a backup.

But the Vbulletin board never quit working, that was what my question was about.

Why did the Vbulletin board still work, where else was it's data stored????

BOB :D

Stop and restart MySQL and see if it's still working. MySQL may have everything cached already.

Originally posted by jnestor
Stop and restart MySQL and see if it's still working. MySQL may have everything cached already.

I never would of thought of that, you were right!

Thanks
BOB :beer: