mariadb-convert-table-format

mariadb-convert-table-format converts the tables in a database to use a particular storage engine (MyISAM by default).

Prior to MariaDB 10.5, the client was called mysql_convert_table_format. It can still be accessed under this name, via a symlink in Linux, or an alternate binary in Windows.

Usage

mariadb-convert-table-format [options] db_name

Description

mariadb-convert-table-format is written in Perl and requires that the DBI and DBD::mysql Perl modules be installed

Invoke mariadb-convert-table-format like this:

shell> mariadb-convert-table-format [options]db_name

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

Options

mariadb-convert-table-format supports the options described in the following list:

Option	Description
Option	Description
-?, --help	Display help and exit.
-e, --engine=ENGINE	Specify the storage engine that the tables should be converted to use. The default is MyISAM if this option is not given.
-f, --force	Continue even if errors occur.
-h, --host=host_name	Connect to the MariaDB server on the given host. Default localhost.
-p, --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 client programs. Specifying the password on the command-line is generally considered insecure.
-P, --port=port_num	The TCP/IP port number to use for the connection.
-S, --socket=path	For connections to localhost, the Unix socket file to use.
-u, --user=user_name	The MariaDB user name to use when connecting to the server.
-v, --verbose	Verbose mode. Print more information about what the program does.
-V, --version	Display version information and exit.

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