[FredJones]

I need to active the MySQL query log on:

Server version: 5.0.45 Source distribution

I tried editing

/etc/my.cnf

and mine now looks like:

[mysqld]
set-variable=local-infile=0
datadir=/var/lib/mysql
socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
# Default to using old password format for compatibility with mysql 3.x
# clients (those using the mysqlclient10 compatibility package).
old_passwords=1
wait_timeout=1800
max_connections=150
connect_timeout=10

[mysql.server]
user=mysql
basedir=/var/lib

[mysqld_safe]
log-error=/var/log/mysqld.log
pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
log=/var/log/mysqld.log
log-output = FILE,TABLE

and of course I ran:

service mysqld restart

but when I view /var/log/mysqld.log I just see startup/shutdown things, but no queries. Can anyone point me in the right direction to get the query log turned on?

Thanks!

[motnerog]

i'm guessing you already checked this, but nonetheless:

MySQL :: MySQL 5.1 Reference Manual :: 5.2.3 The General Query Log


Good Luck!

[FredJones]

Yes, I read that page several times. I now see the problem. I have version 5.0.45 but the general query log apparently only exists from MySQL 5.1.6.

Thank you.

[FredJones]

answer is it must be in the

[mysqld]

section not in the

[mysqld_safe]

section