Good call, Paul. I'll try it out! Thanks, Rich(ard)
On Nov 23, 2007 3:37 AM, Paul McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe this will work: > > SHOW CREATE TABLE table_name; > > > On Nov 21, 2007, at 9:42 PM, Richard Edward Horner wrote: > > > Hey everybody, > > > > Hopefully some of you are already enjoying time off. I am not...yet :) > > > > Anyway, is there a way to determine what storage engine a table is > > using if it's crashed? When it's fine, I can just run: > > > > mysql> show table status like 'table_name'; > > +-------------+--------+---------+------------+-------- > > +----------------+-------------+------------------+-------------- > > +-----------+----------------+--------------------- > > +---------------------+---------------------+------------------- > > +----------+----------------+---------+ > > | Name | Engine | Version | Row_format | Rows | > > Avg_row_length | Data_length | Max_data_length | Index_length | > > Data_free | Auto_increment | Create_time | Update_time > > | Check_time | Collation | Checksum | Create_options > > | Comment | > > +-------------+--------+---------+------------+-------- > > +----------------+-------------+------------------+-------------- > > +-----------+----------------+--------------------- > > +---------------------+---------------------+------------------- > > +----------+----------------+---------+ > > | table_name | MyISAM | 10 | Fixed | 985984 | 13 > > | 12817792 | 3659174697238527 | 34238464 | 0 | > > 1182153 | 2007-11-15 17:44:28 | 2007-11-21 15:28:07 | 2007-11-21 > > 15:28:18 | latin1_swedish_ci | NULL | | | > > +-------------+--------+---------+------------+-------- > > +----------------+-------------+------------------+-------------- > > +-----------+----------------+--------------------- > > +---------------------+---------------------+------------------- > > +----------+----------------+---------+ > > 1 row in set (0.00 sec) > > > > As you can see, the second column returned is the Engine. In this > > case, MyISAM. Now, if I crash the table, it doesn't work: > > > > mysql> show table status like 'table_name'; > > +-------------+--------+---------+------------+------ > > +----------------+-------------+-----------------+-------------- > > +-----------+----------------+-------------+------------- > > +------------+-----------+----------+---------------- > > +--------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------+ > > | Name | Engine | Version | Row_format | Rows | Avg_row_length > > | Data_length | Max_data_length | Index_length | Data_free | > > Auto_increment | Create_time | Update_time | Check_time | Collation | > > Checksum | Create_options | Comment > > | > > +-------------+--------+---------+------------+------ > > +----------------+-------------+-----------------+-------------- > > +-----------+----------------+-------------+------------- > > +------------+-----------+----------+---------------- > > +--------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------+ > > | table_name | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | > > NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | > > NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | > > NULL | Table './blah/table_name' is marked as crashed and > > should be repaired | > > +-------------+--------+---------+------------+------ > > +----------------+-------------+-----------------+-------------- > > +-----------+----------------+-------------+------------- > > +------------+-----------+----------+---------------- > > +--------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------+ > > 1 row in set (0.00 sec) > > > > Now, let's assume for a moment this were an InnoDB table. If I were to > > try and run repair, it would say that the storage engine does not > > support repair so clearly it knows what the storage engine is. How do > > I get it to tell me? Or I guess a broader more helpful question would > > be, "What are all the ways to determine a table's storage engine > > type?" > > > > Thanks, > > -- > > Richard Edward Horner > > Engineer / Composer / Electric Guitar Virtuoso > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://richhorner.com - updated June 28th > > > > -- > > MySQL General Mailing List > > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- Richard Edward Horner Engineer / Composer / Electric Guitar Virtuoso [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://richhorner.com - updated June 28th -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
