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Asked: 2026-05-26T05:36:31+00:00

I have a script that needs to add data to a folder created in

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I have a script that needs to add data to a folder created in the mysql data folder and then in some way force the mysql server to reload the data so the database reliably shows up. I am currently using a system call to the /etc/init.d/mysql script to restart the server but this is quite slow, I couldn’t find anyhting in mysql that would reload the database through a query of some kind.. I was just wondering if there was a way to do this that was slightly quicker?

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  1. Editorial Team

    This depends on the storage engine you’re using.

    MyISAM tables will be reloaded automatically as soon as the table is next touched by MySQL (obviously, you need to make sure the .MYI, .MYD and .frm files are consistent).

    InnoDB is a bit more complex, and depends on whether it’s a traditional configuration with all tables in the same tablespace, or if you’re using innodb_file_per_table. With the former, you pretty much have to restart the server. With file-per-table, you can copy individual .ibd files, but then you have to use an ALTER TABLE statement to import that tablespace.

    See here for information on working with individual .ibd files without restarting the server.

    This page is also useful for seeing how to move InnoDB data from place to place.

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