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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 2.15, “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 5.3.2.2, “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.

       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/).



MySQL 5.1                                             04/06/2010                                 MYSQL_CONVERT_TAB(1)