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MYSQL_CONVERT_TAB(1) MySQL Database System MYSQL_CONVERT_TAB(1)

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 2.13, “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.
 
•--help
 
Display a help message and exit.
 
•--force
 
Continue even if errors occur.
 
•--host=host_name
 
Connect to the MySQL server on the given host.
 
•--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.
 
•--port=port_num
 
The TCP/IP port number to use for the connection.
 
•--socket=path
 
For connections to localhost, the Unix socket file to use.
 
•--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.
 
•--user=user_name
 
The MySQL user name to use when connecting to the server.
 
•--verbose
 
Verbose mode. Print more information about what the program does.
 
•--version
 
Display version information and exit.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 1997, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it only under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
This documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with the program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA or see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
 

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/.

AUTHOR

Oracle Corporation (http://dev.mysql.com/).
11/06/2015 MySQL 5.5