NAME
mariadb-convert-table-format - convert tables to use a given storage engine (mariadb-convert-table-format is now a symlink to mariadb-convert-table-format)
SYNOPSIS
mariadb-convert-table-format [options]db_name
DESCRIPTION
mariadb_convert_table_format converts the tables in a database to use a particular storage engine (MyISAM by default). mariadb-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 mariadb-convert-table-format like this:
shell> \nmariadb-convert-table-format [\noptions\n]\ndb_nameThe db_name argument indicates the database containing the tables to be converted.
mariadb-convert-table-format supports the options described in the following list.
Display a help message and exit.
Continue even if errors occur.
Connect to the MariaDB server on the given host.
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.
The TCP/IP port number to use for the connection.
For connections to localhost, the Unix socket file to use.
Specify the storage engine that the tables should be converted to use. The default is MyISAM if this option is not given.
The MariaDB user name to use when connecting to the server.
Verbose mode. Print more information about what the program does.
Display version information and exit.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2007-2008 MySQL AB, 2008-2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 2010-2025 MariaDB Foundation
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 02110-1335 USA or see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
SEE ALSO
For more information, please refer to the MariaDB Documentation, available online at https://mariadb.com/docs/
AUTHOR
MariaDB Foundation (http://www.mariadb.org/).