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 2.15, “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 5.5.6.2, “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 2007-2008 MySQL AB, 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.

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
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (http://www.mysql.com/).