Nikhil wrote:
> I have a template my.cnf file and I want to add another custom variable,
> which mysqld might not actually understand, but can I? and without
> having mysqld puked at the start?
>
> Nikhil

Its just that for example I need to set a custom variable 'server-name'
and it is going to be different from the hostname variable.

I read that only mysqld aware system variables can be set from the
command line or from my.cnf file. Is it the case really? If not, how can
I set the custom variable?

Thanks,
Nikhil