KT Yes, that could be it. I am going to disallow database names with a dot in any case. Jacek On 04/27/2013 12:16 AM, Kian-Tat Lim wrote: > Jacek, > >> I am puzzled how you got yourself into that state. >> Clearly your database name is wrong. But I tried >> to reproduce that: I put in the qms log file >> a wrong db name: >> >> [qmsdb] >> db = testX.slac.stanford.edu >> >> and the system acted as designed: I wasn't able to >> start qserv, it complained about: >> >> No metadata found. >> >> and it the qms log I saw: >> >> 2013-04-26 22:57:57,076 DEBUG connected to mysql (socket) >> 2013-04-26 22:59:05,413 DEBUG Failed to select db >> 'qms_testX.slac.stanford.edu' > > I think this is probably a difference between MySQL > configurations. If the database name containing "." characters is > auto-quoted, you'll be able to connect to it but not select from > fully-specified tables in it. If it's not auto-quoted, you won't even > be able to connect to it. > ######################################################################## Use REPLY-ALL to reply to list To unsubscribe from the QSERV-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=QSERV-L&A=1