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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 2.21, "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. 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".

         --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 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 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 02110-1301
       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
       Sun Microsystems, Inc. (http://www.mysql.com/).



MySQL 5.0                                        05/07/2009                             MYSQL_CONVERT_TAB(1)