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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 18, 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:

       ·   --help

	   Display a help message and exit.

       ·   --clear

	   Before populating each metadata table, drop it if it exists.

       ·   --clear-only

	   Similar to --clear, but exits after dropping the metadata tables to
	   be populated.

       ·   --col

	   Generate column metadata into the col table.

       ·   --host=host_name, -h host_name

	   Connect to the MySQL server on the given host.

       ·   --idx

	   Generate index metadata into the idx table.

       ·   --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 5.3.2.2, “End-User Guidelines for Password
	   Security”.

       ·   --port=port_num, -P port_num

	   The TCP/IP port number to use for the connection.

       ·   --prefix=prefix_str

	   Add prefix_str at the beginning of each metadata table name.

       ·   --quiet, -q

	   Be silent except for errors.

       ·   --socket=path, -S path

	   The Unix socket file to use for the connection.

       ·   --tbl-status

	   Use SHOW TABLE STATUS instead of SHOW TABLES. This provides more
	   complete information, but is slower.

       ·   --user=user_name, -u user_name

	   The MySQL user name to use when connecting to the server.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 1997, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights
       reserved.

       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
       Oracle Corporation (http://dev.mysql.com/).

MySQL 5.0			  12/16/2011		       MYSQL_TABLEINFO

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