MySQL Reference Manual for version 4.0.18.

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A.2.12 Can't create/write to file Error

If you get an error for some queries of type:

 
Can't create/write to file '\\sqla3fe_0.ism'.

this means that MySQL can't create a temporary file for the result set in the given temporary directory. (The above error is a typical error message on Windows, and the Unix error message is similar.) The fix is to start mysqld with --tmpdir=path or to add to your option file:

 
[mysqld]
tmpdir=C:/temp

assuming that the `c:\\temp' directory exists. See section 4.3.2 Using Option Files.

Check also the error code that you get with perror. One reason may also be a disk full error;

 
shell> perror 28
Error code  28:  No space left on device



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