mysql_convert_table_format(1) — Linux manual page
MARIADB-CONVERT-TAB(1) MariaDB Database System MARIADB-CONVERT-TAB(1)
NAME
mariadb-convert-table-format - convert tables to use a given
storage engine (mysql_convert_table_format is now a symlink to
mariadb-convert-table-format)
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::MariaDB 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 MariaDB 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 MariaDB programs.
Specifying a password on the command line should be
considered insecure. 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 MariaDB 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, 2008-2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc.,
2010-2020 MariaDB Foundation
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02110-1335 USA or see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
SEE ALSO
For more information, please refer to the MariaDB Knowledge Base,
available online at https://mariadb.com/kb/
AUTHOR
MariaDB Foundation (http://www.mariadb.org/).
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