I have a MySQL question that I'm hoping someone can help answer.

We have a linux machine which has MySQL 5.5.8 installed.
It is currently installed in this location: /opt/mysql

When creating a new database, a folder (with the name of the databas)
gets created in this location:
/opt/mysql/data

Is there any way to change the location of where data is stored?
The database that I need to create is going to have over a billion
records in it,
so it needs to be in a specific place.

I want the database folder to get created here:

/science/databases/databasename

Thanks for any help.
Tina

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Tina Matter
Web Applications Developer
University of Michigan
Department of Epidemiology
1415 Washington Heights, Suite 4605
Ann Arbor, MI 48109


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