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mysql_convert_table_format (1)

Name

mysql_convert_table_format - convert tables to use a given storage engine

Synopsis

mysql_convert_table_format [options] db_name

Description




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NAME
     mysql_convert_table_format - convert tables to use a given
     storage engine

SYNOPSIS
     mysql_convert_table_format [options] db_name

DESCRIPTION
     mysql_convert_table_format converts the tables in a database
     to use a particular storage engine (MyISAM by default).
     mysql_convert_table_format is written in Perl and requires
     that the DBI and DBD::mysql Perl modules be installed (see
     Section 2.14, "Perl Installation Notes").

     Invoke mysql_convert_table_format like this:

         shell> mysql_convert_table_format [options]db_name

     The db_name argument indicates the database containing the
     tables to be converted.

     mysql_convert_table_format supports the options described in
     the following list.

     o   --help

         Display a help message and exit.

     o   --force

         Continue even if errors occur.

     o   --host=host_name

         Connect to the MySQL server on the given host.

     o   --password=password

         The password to use when connecting to the server. Note
         that the password value is not optional for this option,
         unlike for other MySQL programs.

         Specifying a password on the command line should be
         considered insecure. See Section 6.1.2.1, "End-User
         Guidelines for Password Security". You can use an option
         file to avoid giving the password on the command line.

     o   --port=port_num

         The TCP/IP port number to use for the connection.

     o   --socket=path



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         For connections to localhost, the Unix socket file to
         use.

     o   --type=engine_name

         Specify the storage engine that the tables should be
         converted to use. The default is MyISAM if this option
         is not given.

     o   --user=user_name

         The MySQL user name to use when connecting to the
         server.

     o   --verbose

         Verbose mode. Print more information about what the
         program does.

     o   --version

         Display version information and exit.

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ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following
     attributes:

     +---------------+-------------------+
     |ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE   |
     +---------------+-------------------+
     |Availability   | database/mysql-55 |
     +---------------+-------------------+
     |Stability      | Uncommitted       |
     +---------------+-------------------+
SEE ALSO
     For more information, please refer to the MySQL Reference
     Manual, which may already be installed locally and which is
     also available online at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/.




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AUTHOR
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NOTES
     This software was built from source available at
     https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland.  The original
     community source was downloaded from
     http://downloads.mysql.com/archives/mysql-5.5/mysql-5.5.31.tar.gz

     Further information about this software can be found on the
     open source community website at http://dev.mysql.com/.










































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