title: Is my mysql.general_log table getting too big?
body: <p>I just recently upgraded to MySQL 5.1.6 in order to take advantage of the ability to save the general log to a table -> i.e. mysql.general_log.  Once i did this I was immediately surprised how many queries are actually hitting our system.  I have about 40,000 rows in this general log table from the first hour.  I haven't found it written on the MySQL docs about if there is a general log table size limit.  </p>
  
  <p>Is there a problem to letting this general log grow at this rate?  </p>
  
  <p>If there is a size problem, how to deal with it?</p>
  
  <p>Are there some accepted practices how to deal with a size problem if there is one?  </p>
  
  <p>Should I make an event to purge the table and save the data to a file every so often?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks a lot for the help!</p>