It will only try to create the table if the table does not already exist.
The dont-create-tables flag requires you to use syslog-ng >= 3.2

Even if you upgrade to 3.2 and turn this option on, it will still be broken as it wont have anything to insert into. You should investigate why syslog-ng thinks the table doesnt exist.

-Patrick

Sent: Fri Dec 03 2010 11:25:37 GMT-0700 (Mountain Standard Time)
From: Girish-Agarwal (Contractor) <Girish.Agarwal@OfficeDepot.com>
To: Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list <syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu>
Subject: Re: [syslog-ng] Syslog-ng and Mysql Not working
Thanks Again Matthew, I have put in the option but when I restart
syslog-ng it gives syntax Error. I have version 3.0.6-SuSE and do you
think I require 3.2.x. There should be something in the program where I
can just turn off Automatic table creation right without upgrading
syslog-ng????. 

destination d_mysql {
        sql(type(mysql)
        host("dbhost") port("4406") username("syslog")
password("syslog")
        database("testdb")
        table("logs")
        columns("host", "facility", "priority", "tag", "datetime",
"program", "server", "msg" )
        values("$HOST_FROM", "$FACILITY", "$PRIORITY",  "$TAG",
"$YEAR-$MONTH-$DAY $HOUR:$MIN:$SEC", "$PROGRAM", "testbox", "$MSG" )

       indexes(),flags("dont-create-tables"));
};

Regards,
Girish
-----Original Message-----
From: syslog-ng-bounces@lists.balabit.hu
[mailto:syslog-ng-bounces@lists.balabit.hu] On Behalf Of Matthew Hall
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 4:10 PM
To: Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list
Subject: Re: [syslog-ng] Syslog-ng and Mysql Not working

On Thu, Dec 02, 2010 at 10:12:03AM -0500, Girish-Agarwal (Contractor)
wrote:
  
Thanks Matthew for all your help in trying to get this resolved.
    
However
  
can you kindly let me know where should I add this flag or option, or
can you pass a working example  :-
    

Put flags("dont-create-tables") (or however it's spelled) in the args to

sql(..., flags(...));





Matthew.
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