Mark, ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Morley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: mailing.database.mysql Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 10:48 PM Subject: RE: Recovering table structures from .frm files?
> > I have a couple of .frm files with no corresponding data or index > > files. Is it possible to recover the table structure (field names, > > types, sizes) from these files? > > More info: these appear to have been created under MySQL 4.0.x and they were originally InnoDB files. I can see a list of field names by running "strings" on each .frm file, but I'd really like to get the colum types and sizes as well. > there was a similar question a couple of months back. If I recall, the solution is to create a dummy InnoDB table with the same name and a primary key which contains at least as many columns as you had in the primary key of the original table. Then replace the dummy .frm file by the .frm file you want to read. This fools mysqld and it allows you to call SHOW CREATE TABLE ... > Is the file format documented anywhere? > > Mark Best regards, Heikki Tuuri Innobase Oy http://www.innodb.com Transactions, foreign keys, and a hot backup tool for MySQL Order MySQL technical support from https://order.mysql.com/ -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
