• Successfully re-installed MySQL, DBI, DBD::mysql on my Powerbook
• created a database "highgate"
• copied in existing table files "addressbook"

Am able to SELECT, but getting a "table * is read only" error when I try to INSERT from my Perl script. I chmod'ed the database directory and tables to 750 and 660 respectively. I GRANTed liberally, and still problems. The test database works fine!

Note: MySQL resides in /usr/local/mysql/, so nothing unusual there. Here's a ls -l of the directories: 
/data/
drwxr-x---   5 mysql  wheel       170 24 Nov 08:15 highgate
drwxr-x---  20 mysql  wheel       680 17 Oct 01:12 mysql
drwxr-x---   5 mysql  wheel       170 25 Nov 16:54 test

/highgate/
-rw-rw----  1 root  wheel  23708 24 Nov 08:15 addressbook.MYD
-rw-rw----  1 root  wheel   2048 24 Nov 08:15 addressbook.MYI
-rw-rw----  1 root  wheel   8992 24 Nov 08:15 addressbook.frm

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I've tried everything I can think of. Ideas? Thanks.

—Brad
"A little yeast leavens the whole dough."

In reply to Read only error when writing to db (OT?) by bradcathey

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