MYSQL_TABLEINFO MySQL Database System MYSQL_TABLEINFO
NAME
mysql_tableinfo - generate database metadata
SYNOPSIS
mysql_tableinfo [options] db_name [db_like [tbl_like]]
DESCRIPTION
mysql_tableinfo creates tables and populates them with database
metadata. It uses SHOW DATABASES, SHOW TABLES, SHOW TABLE STATUS, SHOW
COLUMNS, and SHOW INDEX to obtain the metadata.
In MySQL 5.0 and up, the INFORMATION_SCHEMA database contains the same
kind of information in the SCHEMATA, TABLES, COLUMNS, and STATISTICS
tables. See Chapter 19, INFORMATION_SCHEMA Tables.
Invoke mysql_tableinfo like this:
shell> mysql_tableinfo [options] db_name [db_like [tbl_like]]
The db_name argument indicates which database mysql_tableinfo should
use as the location for the metadata tables. The database will be
created if it does not exist. The tables will be named db, tbl (or
tbl_status), col, and idx.
If the db_like or tbl_like arguments are given, they are used as
patterns and metadata is generated only for databases or tables that
match the patterns. These arguments default to % if not given.
Examples:
mysql_tableinfo info
mysql_tableinfo info world
mysql_tableinfo info mydb tmp%
Each of the commands stores information into tables in the info
database. The first stores information for all databases and tables.
The second stores information for all tables in the world database. The
third stores information for tables in the mydb database that have
names matching the pattern tmp%.
mysql_tableinfo supports the following options:
o --help
Display a help message and exit.
o --clear
Before populating each metadata table, drop it if it exists.
o --clear-only
Similar to --clear, but exits after dropping the metadata tables to
be populated.
o --col
Generate column metadata into the col table.
o --host=host_name, -h host_name
Connect to the MySQL server on the given host.
o --idx
Generate index metadata into the idx table.
o --password=password, -ppassword
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. You can use an option file to avoid giving the
password on the command line.
Specifying a password on the command line should be considered
insecure. See Section 5.5.6.2, "End-User Guidelines for Password
Security".
o --port=port_num, -P port_num
The TCP/IP port number to use for the connection.
o --prefix=prefix_str
Add prefix_str at the beginning of each metadata table name.
o --quiet, -q
Be silent except for errors.
o --socket=path, -S path
The Unix socket file to use for the connection.
o --tbl-status
Use SHOW TABLE STATUS instead of SHOW TABLES. This provides more
complete information, but is slower.
o --user=user_name, -u user_name
The MySQL user name to use when connecting to the server.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2007-2008 MySQL AB, 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it only under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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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 5.0 11/09/2009 MYSQL_TABLEINFO
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