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 2.12, “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. 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 6.1.2.1, “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 © 1997, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

       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.

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       WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
       PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

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       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

       Oracle Corporation (http://dev.mysql.com/).