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12-10-2014

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To make sure, I would check if mysql is still installed or maybe currently just not started.
You can call the mysql client and check where the DB files should reside:

Code:

mysql -u<yourusernameinhere> -p -e 'show variables where variable_name = "datadir"'

It should hopefully return the path where you can have a look into, if the files are still there.
When your DB is still there and you get your app online again, you should think about having backups more often and really update your environment soon!

Added Info:
- I am not sure if your support checked all this, together with if mysql can be started, if the DB can be connected and tables and data are there or not.
- There are companies, that offer to rescue data, but I am not sure about the costs and I assume that it can only be done if the parts on the disk have not been overwritten.

Last edited by zaxxon; 12-10-2014 at 07:17 AM.. Reason: added info

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NAME

       grass-mesql - MySQL embedded driver

       MySQL  embedded	driver	MySQL  embedded  driver  in GRASS MySQL database driver in GRASS enables GRASS to store vector attributes in MySQL
       embedded database without necessity to run MySQL server.

Driver and database name
       GRASS modules require 2 parameters to connect to a database.  Those parameters are 'driver' and 'database'. For MySQL embedded  driver  the
       parameter  'driver'  should  be	set  to value 'mesql'.	The parameter 'database' is a full path to the directory where database tables are
       stored. The best place is a directory in the mapset. The directory must be created before use of the driver. In the name of database it	is
       possible to use 3 variables:

		      $GISDBASE - path to current GISBASE

		      $LOCATION_NAME - name of current location

		      $MAPSET - name of current mapset

       Examples of connection parameters:
	 db.connect driver=mesql database='$GISDBASE/$LOCATION_NAME/$MAPSET/mysql'
	 db.connect driver=mesql database=/home/user1/db

Data types, indexes
       For more informations about supported data types and indexes see the documentation for MySQL (mysql) driver

Database type
       Because	database  closing  was	found  very  slow if InnoDB was used, the InnoDB storage is disabled by default (hardcoded '--skip-innodb'
       server option).

Note
       The embedded server is started with hardcoded '--bootstrap' option to avoid warning about missing mysql.time_zone_leap_second  table.  This
       can be fixed in future.

SEE ALSO

	db.connect, SQL support in GRASS GIS

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       Development of the driver was sponsored by Faunalia (Italy) as part of a project for ATAC.

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       Radim Blazek

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