Content-type: text/html Man page of MYSQLCHECK

MYSQLCHECK

Section: MySQL Database System (1)
Updated: 01/11/2008
Index Return to Main Contents
 

NAME

mysqlcheck - a table maintenance and repair program  

SYNOPSIS

mysqlcheck [options] [db_name [tbl_name ...]]
 

DESCRIPTION

The mysqlcheck client checks, repairs, optimizes, and analyzes tables.

mysqlcheck is similar in function to myisamchk, but works differently. The main operational difference is that mysqlcheck must be used when the mysqld server is running, whereas myisamchk should be used when it is not. The benefit of using mysqlcheck is that you do not have to stop the server to check or repair your tables.

mysqlcheck uses the SQL statements CHECK TABLE, REPAIR TABLE, ANALYZE TABLE, and OPTIMIZE TABLE in a convenient way for the user. It determines which statements to use for the operation you want to perform, and then sends the statements to the server to be executed. For details about which storage engines each statement works with, see the descriptions for those statements in Chapter 11, SQL Statement Syntax.

The MyISAM storage engine supports all four statements, so mysqlcheck can be used to perform all four operations on MyISAM tables. Other storage engines do not necessarily support all operations. In such cases, an error message is displayed. For example, if test.t is a MEMORY table, an attempt to check it produces this result:

shell> mysqlcheck test t
test.t
note     : The storage engine for the table doesn't support check


Caution

It is best to make a backup of a table before performing a table repair operation; under some circumstances the operation might cause data loss. Possible causes include but are not limited to filesystem errors.

There are three general ways to invoke mysqlcheck:

shell> mysqlcheck [options] db_name [tables]
shell> mysqlcheck [options] --databases db_name1 [db_name2 db_name3...]
shell> mysqlcheck [options] --all-databases

If you do not name any tables following db_name or if you use the --databases or --all-databases option, entire databases are checked.

mysqlcheck has a special feature compared to other client programs. The default behavior of checking tables (--check) can be changed by renaming the binary. If you want to have a tool that repairs tables by default, you should just make a copy of mysqlcheck named mysqlrepair, or make a symbolic link to mysqlcheck named mysqlrepair. If you invoke mysqlrepair, it repairs tables.

The following names can be used to change mysqlcheck default behavior:
mysqlrepair The default option is --repair
mysqlanalyze The default option is --analyze
mysqloptimize The default option is --optimize

mysqlcheck supports the following options:

Table 4.4. mysqlcheck Option Reference

Format Config File Description Introduced
--all-databases all-databases Check all tables in all databases  
-c    
--check-only-changed check-only-changed Check only tables that have changed since the last check  
-C    
--check-upgrade check-upgrade Invoke CHECK TABLE with the FOR UPGRADE option 5.0.19
-g    
--compress compress Compress all information sent between the client and the server  
-C    
--databases databases Process all tables in the named databases  
-B    
-# [debug_options] debug Write a debugging log  
-A    
--debug[=debug_options]    
--default-character-set=charset_name default-character-set Use charset_name as the default character set  
--extended extended Check and repair tables  
-e    
--fast fast Check only tables that have not been closed properly  
-F    
--force force Continue even if an SQL error occurs  
-f    
--help   Display help message and exit  
-?    
--all-in-1 all-in-1 Execute a single statement for each database that names all the tables from that database  
--host=host_name host Connect to the MySQL server on the given host  
-h host_name    
--medium-check medium-check Do a check that is faster than an --extended operation  
--optimize optimize Optimize the tables  
-o    
--password[=password] password The password to use when connecting to the server  
-p[password]    
--port=port_num port The TCP/IP port number to use for the connection  
-P port_num    
--protocol={TCP|SOCKET|PIPE|MEMORY} protocol The connection protocol to use  
-1    
--quick quick The fastest method of checking  
-q    
--repair repair Perform a repair that can fix almost anything except unique keys that are not unique  
-r    
--silent silent Silent mode  
-s    
--socket=path socket For connections to localhost  
-S path    
--ssl-ca=file_name ssl-ca The path to a file that contains a list of trusted SSL CAs  
--ssl-capath=directory_name ssl-capath The path to a directory that contains trusted SSL CA certificates in PEM format  
--analyze analyze Analyze the tables  
--ssl-cert=file_name ssl-cert The name of the SSL certificate file to use for establishing a secure connection  
--ssl-cipher=cipher_list ssl-cipher A list of allowable ciphers to use for SSL encryption  
--ssl-key=file_name ssl-key The name of the SSL key file to use for establishing a secure connection  
--ssl-verify-server-cert ssl-verify-server-cert The server's Common Name value in its certificate is verified against the hostname used when connecting to the server  
--tables tables Overrides the --databases or -B option  
--use-frm use-frm For repair operations on MyISAM tables  
--user=user_name, user The MySQL username to use when connecting to the server  
-u user_name    
--verbose   Verbose mode  
-v    
-a    
--version   Display version information and exit  
-V    
--auto-repair auto-repair If a checked table is corrupted, automatically fix it  
--character-sets-dir=path character-sets-dir The directory where character sets are installed  
--check check Check the tables for errors  

--help, -?

Display a help message and exit.

--all-databases, -A

Check all tables in all databases. This is the same as using the --databases option and naming all the databases on the command line.

--all-in-1, -1

Instead of issuing a statement for each table, execute a single statement for each database that names all the tables from that database to be processed.

--analyze, -a

Analyze the tables.

--auto-repair

If a checked table is corrupted, automatically fix it. Any necessary repairs are done after all tables have been checked.

--character-sets-dir=path

The directory where character sets are installed. See Section 2, "The Character Set Used for Data and Sorting".

--check, -c

Check the tables for errors. This is the default operation.

--check-only-changed, -C

Check only tables that have changed since the last check or that have not been closed properly.

--check-upgrade, -g

Invoke CHECK TABLE with the FOR UPGRADE option to check tables for incompatibilities with the current version of the server. This option was added in MySQL 5.0.19.

--compress

Compress all information sent between the client and the server if both support compression.

--databases, -B

Process all tables in the named databases. Normally, mysqlcheck treats the first name argument on the command line as a database name and following names as table names. With this option, it treats all name arguments as database names.

--debug[=debug_options], -# [debug_options]

Write a debugging log. A typical debug_options string is often 'd:t:o,file_name'.

--default-character-set=charset_name

Use charset_name as the default character set. See Section 2, "The Character Set Used for Data and Sorting".

--extended, -e

If you are using this option to check tables, it ensures that they are 100% consistent but takes a long time.

If you are using this option to repair tables, it runs an extended repair that may not only take a long time to execute, but may produce a lot of garbage rows also!

--fast, -F

Check only tables that have not been closed properly.

--force, -f

Continue even if an SQL error occurs.

--host=host_name, -h host_name

Connect to the MySQL server on the given host.

--medium-check, -m

Do a check that is faster than an --extended operation. This finds only 99.99% of all errors, which should be good enough in most cases.

--optimize, -o

Optimize the tables.

--password[=password], -p[password]

The password to use when connecting to the server. If you use the short option form (-p), you cannot have a space between the option and the password. If you omit the password value following the --password or -p option on the command line, you are prompted for one.

Specifying a password on the command line should be considered insecure. See Section 5.6, "Keeping Your Password Secure".

--port=port_num, -P port_num

The TCP/IP port number to use for the connection.

--protocol={TCP|SOCKET|PIPE|MEMORY}

The connection protocol to use.

--quick, -q

If you are using this option to check tables, it prevents the check from scanning the rows to check for incorrect links. This is the fastest check method.

If you are using this option to repair tables, it tries to repair only the index tree. This is the fastest repair method.

--repair, -r

Perform a repair that can fix almost anything except unique keys that are not unique.

--silent, -s

Silent mode. Print only error messages.

--socket=path, -S path

For connections to localhost, the Unix socket file to use, or, on Windows, the name of the named pipe to use.

--ssl*

Options that begin with --ssl specify whether to connect to the server via SSL and indicate where to find SSL keys and certificates. See Section 5.7.3, "SSL Command Options".

--tables

Overrides the --databases or -B option. All name arguments following the option are regarded as table names.

--use-frm

For repair operations on MyISAM tables, get the table structure from the .frm file so that the table can be repaired even if the .MYI header is corrupted.

--user=user_name, -u user_name

The MySQL username to use when connecting to the server.

--verbose, -v

Verbose mode. Print information about the various stages of program operation.

--version, -V

Display version information and exit.

 

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2007-2008 MySQL AB

This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it 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

MySQL AB (http://www.mysql.com/).


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
COPYRIGHT
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR

This document was created by man2html, using the manual pages.
Time: 03:41:11 GMT, September 24, 2010