# 
# Archive can only use an existing directory for DATA DIRECTORY.
# 
CREATE TABLE t1 (a int AUTO_INCREMENT KEY, b char(30))
ENGINE archive DATA DIRECTORY = 'MYSQL_TMP_DIR/archive' INDEX DIRECTORY = 'MYSQL_TMP_DIR/archive';
ERROR HY000: Can't find file: 't1' (errno: 2 - No such file or directory)
# 
# mkdir MYSQL_TMP_DIR/archive and try again... 
# Archive will use a symlink for DATA DIRECTORY but ignore INDEX DIRECTORY.
# 
CREATE TABLE t1 (a int AUTO_INCREMENT KEY, b char(30))
ENGINE archive DATA DIRECTORY = 'MYSQL_TMP_DIR/archive' INDEX DIRECTORY = 'MYSQL_TMP_DIR/archive';
Warnings:
Warning	1618	<INDEX DIRECTORY> option ignored
INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (NULL, "blue");
INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (NULL, "red");
INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (NULL, "yellow");
# Checking if archive file exists where we specified in DATA DIRECTORY
SHOW CREATE TABLE t1;
Table	Create Table
t1	CREATE TABLE `t1` (
  `a` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `b` char(30) DEFAULT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`a`)
) ENGINE=ARCHIVE AUTO_INCREMENT=4 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 DATA DIRECTORY='MYSQL_TMP_DIR/archive/'
DROP TABLE t1;
# 
# Be sure SQL MODE "NO_DIR_IN_CREATE" prevents the use of DATA DIRECTORY
# 
SET @org_mode=@@sql_mode;
SET @@sql_mode='NO_DIR_IN_CREATE';
SELECT @@sql_mode;
@@sql_mode
NO_DIR_IN_CREATE
CREATE TABLE t1 (a int AUTO_INCREMENT KEY, b char(30))
ENGINE archive DATA DIRECTORY = 'MYSQL_TMP_DIR/archive';
Warnings:
Warning	1618	<DATA DIRECTORY> option ignored
INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (NULL, "blue");
INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (NULL, "red");
INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (NULL, "yellow");
# Checking if archive file exists in --datadir since DATA DIRECTORY was ignored.
DROP TABLE t1;
set @@sql_mode=@org_mode;
# 
# MySQL engine does not allow DATA DIRECTORY to be
# within --datadir for any engine, including Archive
# 
CREATE TABLE t1 (a int AUTO_INCREMENT KEY, b char(30))
ENGINE archive DATA DIRECTORY 'MYSQLD_DATADIR/test';
ERROR HY000: Incorrect arguments to DATA DIRECTORY
CREATE TABLE t1 (c1 int(10), PRIMARY KEY (c1))
ENGINE archive INDEX DIRECTORY 'MYSQLD_DATADIR/test';
ERROR HY000: Incorrect arguments to INDEX DIRECTORY
# 
# Cleanup
# 
