MYSQLBINLOG(1) MySQL Database System MYSQLBINLOG(1)NAMEmysqlbinlog - utility for processing binary log files
SYNOPSISmysqlbinlog [options] log_file ...
DESCRIPTION
The server´s binary log consists of files containing “events” that
describe modifications to database contents. The server writes these
files in binary format. To display their contents in text format, use
the mysqlbinlog utility. You can also use mysqlbinlog to display the
contents of relay log files written by a slave server in a replication
setup because relay logs have the same format as binary logs. The
binary log and relay log are discussed further in Section 5.2.4, “The
Binary Log”, and Section 16.4.2, “Replication Relay and Status Files”.
Invoke mysqlbinlog like this:
shell> mysqlbinlog [options] log_file ...
For example, to display the contents of the binary log file named
binlog.000003, use this command:
shell> mysqlbinlog binlog.0000003
The output includes events contained in binlog.000003. Event
information includes the statement, the ID of the server on which it
was executed, the timestamp when the statement was executed, how much
time it took, and so forth.
The output from mysqlbinlog can be re-executed (for example, by using
it as input to mysql) to reapply the statements in the log. This is
useful for recovery operations after a server crash. For other usage
examples, see the discussion later in this section.
Normally, you use mysqlbinlog to read binary log files directly and
apply them to the local MySQL server. It is also possible to read
binary logs from a remote server by using the --read-from-remote-server
option. When you read remote binary logs, the connection parameter
options can be given to indicate how to connect to the server. These
options are --host, --password, --port, --protocol, --socket, and
--user; they are ignored except when you also use the
--read-from-remote-server option.
mysqlbinlog supports the following options. It also reads option files
and supports the options for processing them described at
Section 4.2.3.3.1, “Command-Line Options that Affect Option-File
Handling”.
· --help, -?
Display a help message and exit.
· --base64-output[=value]
This option determines when events should be displayed encoded as
base-64 strings using BINLOG statements. The option has these
allowable values (not case sensitive):
· AUTO ("automatic") or UNSPEC ("unspecified") displays BINLOG
statements automatically when necessary (that is, for format
description events and row events). This is the default if no
--base64-output option is given.
Note
Automatic BINLOG display is the only safe behavior if you
intend to use the output of mysqlbinlog to re-execute
binary log file contents. The other option values are
intended only for debugging or testing purposes because
they may produce output that does not include all events in
executable form.
· ALWAYS displays BINLOG statements whenever possible. This is
the implied value if the option is given as --base64-output
without a value.
· NEVER causes BINLOG statements not to be displayed.
mysqlbinlog exits with an error if a row event is found that
must be displayed using BINLOG.
· DECODE-ROWS specifies to mysqlbinlog that you intend for row
events to be decoded and displayed as commented SQL statements
by also specifying the --verbose option. Like NEVER,
DECODE-ROWS suppresses display of BINLOG statements, but unlike
NEVER, it does not exit with an error if a row event is found.
The --base64-output option was introduced in MySQL 5.1.5, to be
given as --base64-output or --skip-base64-output (with the
sense of AUTO or NEVER). The option values described in the
preceding list may be used as of MySQL 5.1.24, with the
exception of UNSPEC and DECODE-ROWS, which are available as of
MySQL 5.1.28.
For examples that show the effect of --base64-output and
--verbose on row event output, see the section called
“MYSQLBINLOG ROW EVENT DISPLAY”.
· --character-sets-dir=path
The directory where character sets are installed. See
Section 9.2, “The Character Set Used for Data and Sorting”.
· --database=db_name, -d db_name
List entries for just this database (local log only). You can
only specify one database with this option - if you specify
multiple --database options, only the last one is used. This
option forces mysqlbinlog to output entries from the binary log
where the default database (that is, the one selected by USE)
is db_name. Note that this does not replicate cross-database
statements such as UPDATE some_db.some_table SET foo=´bar´
while having selected a different database or no database.
Note
This option did not work correctly for mysqlbinlog with
row-based logging prior to MySQL 5.1.37. (Bug#42941[1])
· --debug[=debug_options], -# [debug_options]
Write a debugging log. A typical debug_options string is
´d:t:o,file_name´. The default is
´d:t:o,/tmp/mysqlbinlog.trace´.
· --debug-check
Print some debugging information when the program exits. This
option was added in MySQL 5.1.21.
· --debug-info
Print debugging information and memory and CPU usage statistics
when the program exits. This option was added in MySQL 5.1.21.
· --disable-log-bin, -D
Disable binary logging. This is useful for avoiding an endless
loop if you use the --to-last-log option and are sending the
output to the same MySQL server. This option also is useful
when restoring after a crash to avoid duplication of the
statements you have logged.
This option requires that you have the SUPER privilege. It
causes mysqlbinlog to include a SET sql_log_bin = 0 statement
in its output to disable binary logging of the remaining
output. The SET statement is ineffective unless you have the
SUPER privilege.
· --force-read, -f
With this option, if mysqlbinlog reads a binary log event that
it does not recognize, it prints a warning, ignores the event,
and continues. Without this option, mysqlbinlog stops if it
reads such an event.
· --hexdump, -H
Display a hex dump of the log in comments, as described in the
section called “MYSQLBINLOG HEX DUMP FORMAT”. This output can
be helpful for replication debugging. This option was added in
MySQL 5.1.2.
· --host=host_name, -h host_name
Get the binary log from the MySQL server on the given host.
· --local-load=path, -l path
Prepare local temporary files for LOAD DATA INFILE in the
specified directory.
· --offset=N, -o N
Skip the first N entries in the log.
· --password[=password], -p[password]
The password to use when connecting to the server. If you use
the short option form (-p), you cannot have a space between the
option and the password. If you omit the password value
following the --password or -p option on the command line, you
are prompted for one.
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, -P port_num
The TCP/IP port number to use for connecting to a remote
server.
· --position=N, -j N
Deprecated. Use --start-position instead.
· --protocol={TCP|SOCKET|PIPE|MEMORY}
The connection protocol to use for connecting to the server. It
is useful when the other connection parameters normally would
cause a protocol to be used other than the one you want. For
details on the allowable values, see Section 4.2.2, “Connecting
to the MySQL Server”.
· --read-from-remote-server, -R
Read the binary log from a MySQL server rather than reading a
local log file. Any connection parameter options are ignored
unless this option is given as well. These options are --host,
--password, --port, --protocol, --socket, and --user.
This option requires that the remote server be running. It
works only for binary log files on the remote server, not relay
log files.
· --result-file=name, -r name
Direct output to the given file.
· --server-id=id
Extract only those events created by the server having the
given server ID. This option is available as of MySQL 5.1.4.
· --set-charset=charset_name
Add a SET NAMES charset_name statement to the output to specify
the character set to be used for processing log files. This
option was added in MySQL 5.1.12.
· --short-form, -s
Display only the statements contained in the log, without any
extra information.
· --socket=path, -S path
For connections to localhost, the Unix socket file to use, or,
on Windows, the name of the named pipe to use.
· --start-datetime=datetime
Start reading the binary log at the first event having a
timestamp equal to or later than the datetime argument. The
datetime value is relative to the local time zone on the
machine where you run mysqlbinlog. The value should be in a
format accepted for the DATETIME or TIMESTAMP data types. For
example:
shell> mysqlbinlog --start-datetime="2005-12-25 11:25:56" binlog.000003
This option is useful for point-in-time recovery. See
Section 6.2, “Example Backup and Recovery Strategy”.
· --start-position=N
Start reading the binary log at the first event having a
position equal to or greater than N. This option applies to the
first log file named on the command line.
· --stop-datetime=datetime
Stop reading the binary log at the first event having a
timestamp equal to or later than the datetime argument. This
option is useful for point-in-time recovery. See the
description of the --start-datetime option for information
about the datetime value.
· --stop-position=N
Stop reading the binary log at the first event having a
position equal to or greater than N. This option applies to the
last log file named on the command line.
· --to-last-log, -t
Do not stop at the end of the requested binary log from a MySQL
server, but rather continue printing until the end of the last
binary log. If you send the output to the same MySQL server,
this may lead to an endless loop. This option requires
--read-from-remote-server.
· --user=user_name, -u user_name
The MySQL user name to use when connecting to a remote server.
· --verbose, -v
Reconstruct row events and display them as commented SQL
statements. If given twice, the output includes comments to
indicate column data types and some metadata. This option was
added in MySQL 5.1.28.
For examples that show the effect of --base64-output and
--verbose on row event output, see the section called
“MYSQLBINLOG ROW EVENT DISPLAY”.
· --version, -V
Display version information and exit.
· --write-binlog
This option is enabled by default, so that ANALYZE TABLE,
OPTIMIZE TABLE, and REPAIR TABLE statements generated by
mysqlcheck are written to the binary log. Use
--skip-write-binlog to cause NO_WRITE_TO_BINLOG to be added to
the statements so that they are not logged. Use the
--skip-write-binlog when these statements should not be sent to
replication slaves or run when using the binary logs for
recovery from backup. This option was added in MySQL 5.1.18.
You can also set the following variable by using --var_name=value
syntax:
· open_files_limit
Specify the number of open file descriptors to reserve.
You can pipe the output of mysqlbinlog into the mysql client to
execute the statements contained in the binary log. This is used to
recover from a crash when you have an old backup (see Section 6.1,
“Database Backups”). For example:
shell> mysqlbinlog binlog.000001 | mysql
Or:
shell> mysqlbinlog binlog.[0-9]* | mysql
You can also redirect the output of mysqlbinlog to a text file
instead, if you need to modify the statement log first (for
example, to remove statements that you do not want to execute for
some reason). After editing the file, execute the statements that
it contains by using it as input to the mysql program.
mysqlbinlog has the --start-position option, which prints only
those statements with an offset in the binary log greater than or
equal to a given position (the given position must match the start
of one event). It also has options to stop and start when it sees
an event with a given date and time. This enables you to perform
point-in-time recovery using the --stop-datetime option (to be able
to say, for example, “roll forward my databases to how they were
today at 10:30 a.m.”).
If you have more than one binary log to execute on the MySQL
server, the safe method is to process them all using a single
connection to the server. Here is an example that demonstrates what
may be unsafe:
shell> mysqlbinlog binlog.000001 | mysql # DANGER!!
shell> mysqlbinlog binlog.000002 | mysql # DANGER!!
Processing binary logs this way using different connections to the
server causes problems if the first log file contains a CREATE
TEMPORARY TABLE statement and the second log contains a statement
that uses the temporary table. When the first mysql process
terminates, the server drops the temporary table. When the second
mysql process attempts to use the table, the server reports
“unknown table.”
To avoid problems like this, use a single connection to execute the
contents of all binary logs that you want to process. Here is one
way to do so:
shell> mysqlbinlog binlog.000001 binlog.000002 | mysql
Another approach is to write all the logs to a single file and then
process the file:
shell> mysqlbinlog binlog.000001 > /tmp/statements.sql
shell> mysqlbinlog binlog.000002 >> /tmp/statements.sql
shell> mysql -e "source /tmp/statements.sql"
mysqlbinlog can produce output that reproduces a LOAD DATA INFILE
operation without the original data file. mysqlbinlog copies the
data to a temporary file and writes a LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE
statement that refers to the file. The default location of the
directory where these files are written is system-specific. To
specify a directory explicitly, use the --local-load option.
Because mysqlbinlog converts LOAD DATA INFILE statements to LOAD
DATA LOCAL INFILE statements (that is, it adds LOCAL), both the
client and the server that you use to process the statements must
be configured to allow LOCAL capability. See Section 5.3.4,
“Security Issues with LOAD DATA LOCAL”.
Warning
The temporary files created for LOAD DATA LOCAL statements are
not automatically deleted because they are needed until you
actually execute those statements. You should delete the
temporary files yourself after you no longer need the statement
log. The files can be found in the temporary file directory and
have names like original_file_name-#-#.
MYSQLBINLOG HEX DUMP FORMAT
The --hexdump option produces a hex dump of the log contents:
shell> mysqlbinlog--hexdump master-bin.000001
The hex output consists of comment lines beginning with #, so the
output might look like this for the preceding command:
/*!40019 SET @@session.max_insert_delayed_threads=0*/;
/*!50003 SET @OLD_COMPLETION_TYPE=@@COMPLETION_TYPE,COMPLETION_TYPE=0*/;
# at 4
#051024 17:24:13 server id 1 end_log_pos 98
# Position Timestamp Type Master ID Size Master Pos Flags
# 00000004 9d fc 5c 43 0f 01 00 00 00 5e 00 00 00 62 00 00 00 00 00
# 00000017 04 00 35 2e 30 2e 31 35 2d 64 65 62 75 67 2d 6c |..5.0.15.debug.l|
# 00000027 6f 67 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |og..............|
# 00000037 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
# 00000047 00 00 00 00 9d fc 5c 43 13 38 0d 00 08 00 12 00 |.......C.8......|
# 00000057 04 04 04 04 12 00 00 4b 00 04 1a |.......K...|
# Start: binlog v 4, server v 5.0.15-debug-log created 051024 17:24:13
# at startup
ROLLBACK;
Hex dump output currently contains the following elements. This format
is subject to change.
· Position: The byte position within the log file.
· Timestamp: The event timestamp. In the example shown, ´9d fc 5c 43´
is the representation of ´051024 17:24:13´ in hexadecimal.
· Type: The event type code. In the example shown, ´0f´ indicates a
FORMAT_DESCRIPTION_EVENT. The following table lists the possible
type codes.
┌─────┬──────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────┐
│Type │ Name │ Meaning │
├─────┼──────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┤
│00 │ UNKNOWN_EVENT │ This event should │
│ │ │ never be present in │
│ │ │ the log. │
├─────┼──────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┤
│01 │ START_EVENT_V3 │ This indicates the │
│ │ │ start of a log file │
│ │ │ written by MySQL 4 │
│ │ │ or earlier. │
├─────┼──────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┤
│02 │ QUERY_EVENT │ The most common │
│ │ │ type of events. │
│ │ │ These contain │
│ │ │ statements executed │
│ │ │ on the │
│ │ │ master. │
├─────┼──────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┤
│03 │ STOP_EVENT │ Indicates that master has │
│ │ │ stopped. │
├─────┼──────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┤
│04 │ ROTATE_EVENT │ Written when the master │
│ │ │ switches to a new log file. │
├─────┼──────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┤
│05 │ INTVAR_EVENT │ Used for AUTO_INCREMENT │
│ │ │ values or when the │
│ │ │ LAST_INSERT_ID() │
│ │ │ function │
│ │ │ is used in the statement. │
├─────┼──────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┤
│06 │ LOAD_EVENT │ Used for LOAD DATA │
│ │ │ INFILE in MySQL │
│ │ │ 3.23. │
├─────┼──────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┤
│07 │ SLAVE_EVENT │ Reserved for future use. │
├─────┼──────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┤
│08 │ CREATE_FILE_EVENT │ Used for LOAD DATA │
│ │ │ INFILE │
│ │ │ statements. This indicates the │
│ │ │ start of │
│ │ │ execution of such a statement. A │
│ │ │ temporary │
│ │ │ file is created │
│ │ │ on the slave. Used in MySQL 4 only. │
├─────┼──────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┤
│09 │ APPEND_BLOCK_EVENT │ Contains data for use in a │
│ │ │ LOAD DATA │
│ │ │ INFILE │
│ │ │ statement. The data is stored in │
│ │ │ the temporary │
│ │ │ file on the slave. │
├─────┼──────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┤
│0a │ EXEC_LOAD_EVENT │ Used for LOAD DATA │
│ │ │ INFILE │
│ │ │ statements. The contents of the │
│ │ │ temporary file │
│ │ │ is stored in the table on the slave. │
│ │ │ Used in MySQL 4 │
│ │ │ only. │
├─────┼──────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┤
│0b │ DELETE_FILE_EVENT │ Rollback of a LOAD DATA │
│ │ │ INFILE │
│ │ │ statement. The temporary file │
│ │ │ should be │
│ │ │ deleted on the slave. │
├─────┼──────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┤
│0c │ NEW_LOAD_EVENT │ Used for LOAD DATA │
│ │ │ INFILE in MySQL │
│ │ │ 4 and earlier. │
├─────┼──────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┤
│0d │ RAND_EVENT │ Used to send information about │
│ │ │ random values if the │
│ │ │ RAND() function │
│ │ │ is │
│ │ │ used in the │
│ │ │ statement. │
├─────┼──────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┤
│0e │ USER_VAR_EVENT │ Used to replicate user variables. │
├─────┼──────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┤
│0f │ FORMAT_DESCRIPTION_EVENT │ This indicates the start of a log │
│ │ │ file written by MySQL 5 or later. │
├─────┼──────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┤
│10 │ XID_EVENT │ Event indicating commit of an XA │
│ │ │ transaction. │
├─────┼──────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┤
│11 │ BEGIN_LOAD_QUERY_EVENT │ Used for LOAD DATA │
│ │ │ INFILE │
│ │ │ statements in MySQL 5 and later. │
├─────┼──────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┤
│12 │ EXECUTE_LOAD_QUERY_EVENT │ Used for LOAD DATA │
│ │ │ INFILE │
│ │ │ statements in MySQL 5 and later. │
├─────┼──────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┤
│13 │ TABLE_MAP_EVENT │ Information about a table │
│ │ │ definition. Used in MySQL 5.1.5 and │
│ │ │ later. │
├─────┼──────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┤
│14 │ PRE_GA_WRITE_ROWS_EVENT │ Row data for a single table that │
│ │ │ should be created. Used in MySQL │
│ │ │ 5.1.5 │
│ │ │ to 5.1.17. │
├─────┼──────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┤
│15 │ PRE_GA_UPDATE_ROWS_EVENT │ Row data for a single table that │
│ │ │ needs to be updated. Used in MySQL │
│ │ │ 5.1.5 to 5.1.17. │
├─────┼──────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┤
│16 │ PRE_GA_DELETE_ROWS_EVENT │ Row data for a single table that │
│ │ │ should be deleted. Used in MySQL │
│ │ │ 5.1.5 │
│ │ │ to 5.1.17. │
├─────┼──────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┤
│17 │ WRITE_ROWS_EVENT │ Row data for a single table that │
│ │ │ should be created. Used in MySQL │
│ │ │ 5.1.18 │
│ │ │ and later. │
├─────┼──────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┤
│18 │ UPDATE_ROWS_EVENT │ Row data for a single table that │
│ │ │ needs to be updated. Used in MySQL │
│ │ │ 5.1.18 and │
│ │ │ later. │
├─────┼──────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┤
│19 │ DELETE_ROWS_EVENT │ Row data for a single table that │
│ │ │ should be deleted. Used in MySQL │
│ │ │ 5.1.18 │
│ │ │ and later. │
├─────┼──────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┤
│1a │ INCIDENT_EVENT │ Something out of the ordinary │
│ │ │ happened. Added in MySQL 5.1.18. │
└─────┴──────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────┘
· Master ID: The server ID of the master that created the event.
· Size: The size in bytes of the event.
· Master Pos: The position of the next event in the original master
log file.
· Flags: 16 flags. Currently, the following flags are used. The
others are reserved for future use.
┌─────┬─────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│Flag │ Name │ Meaning │
├─────┼─────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│01 │ LOG_EVENT_BINLOG_IN_USE_F │ Log file correctly │
│ │ │ closed. (Used only │
│ │ │ in │
│ │ │ FORMAT_DESCRIPTION_EVENT.) │
│ │ │ If │
│ │ │ this │
│ │ │ flag is set (if the │
│ │ │ flags are, for │
│ │ │ example, │
│ │ │ ´01 │
│ │ │ 00´) in a │
│ │ │ FORMAT_DESCRIPTION_EVENT, │
│ │ │ the log │
│ │ │ file │
│ │ │ has not been │
│ │ │ properly closed. │
│ │ │ Most probably │
│ │ │ this │
│ │ │ is because of a │
│ │ │ master crash (for │
│ │ │ example, due │
│ │ │ to │
│ │ │ power failure). │
├─────┼─────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│02 │ │ Reserved for future use. │
├─────┼─────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│04 │ LOG_EVENT_THREAD_SPECIFIC_F │ Set if the event is dependent on the │
│ │ │ connection it was executed in (for │
│ │ │ example, ´04 00´), for │
│ │ │ example, │
│ │ │ if the event uses │
│ │ │ temporary tables. │
├─────┼─────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│08 │ LOG_EVENT_SUPPRESS_USE_F │ Set in some circumstances when the event is │
│ │ │ not dependent on the default │
│ │ │ database. │
└─────┴─────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
MYSQLBINLOG ROW EVENT DISPLAY
The following examples illustrate how mysqlbinlog displays row events
that specify data modifications. These correspond to events with the
WRITE_ROWS_EVENT, UPDATE_ROWS_EVENT, and DELETE_ROWS_EVENT type codes.
The --base64-output=DECODE-ROWS and --verbose options may be used to
affect row event output. These options are available as of MySQL
5.1.28.
Suppose that the server is using row-based binary logging and that you
execute the following sequence of statements:
CREATE TABLE t
(
id INT NOT NULL,
name VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
date DATE NULL
) ENGINE = InnoDB;
START TRANSACTION;
INSERT INTO t VALUES(1, ´apple´, NULL);
UPDATE t SET name = ´pear´, date = ´2009-01-01´ WHERE id = 1;
DELETE FROM t WHERE id = 1;
COMMIT;
By default, mysqlbinlog displays row events encoded as base-64 strings
using BINLOG statements. Omitting extraneous lines, the output for the
row events produced by the preceding statement sequence looks like
this:
shell> mysqlbinlog log_file
...
# at 218
#080828 15:03:08 server id 1 end_log_pos 258 Write_rows: table id 17 flags: STMT_END_F
BINLOG ´
fAS3SBMBAAAALAAAANoAAAAAABEAAAAAAAAABHRlc3QAAXQAAwMPCgIUAAQ=
fAS3SBcBAAAAKAAAAAIBAAAQABEAAAAAAAEAA//8AQAAAAVhcHBsZQ==
´/*!*/;
...
# at 302
#080828 15:03:08 server id 1 end_log_pos 356 Update_rows: table id 17 flags: STMT_END_F
BINLOG ´
fAS3SBMBAAAALAAAAC4BAAAAABEAAAAAAAAABHRlc3QAAXQAAwMPCgIUAAQ=
fAS3SBgBAAAANgAAAGQBAAAQABEAAAAAAAEAA////AEAAAAFYXBwbGX4AQAAAARwZWFyIbIP
´/*!*/;
...
# at 400
#080828 15:03:08 server id 1 end_log_pos 442 Delete_rows: table id 17 flags: STMT_END_F
BINLOG ´
fAS3SBMBAAAALAAAAJABAAAAABEAAAAAAAAABHRlc3QAAXQAAwMPCgIUAAQ=
fAS3SBkBAAAAKgAAALoBAAAQABEAAAAAAAEAA//4AQAAAARwZWFyIbIP
´/*!*/;
To see the row events as comments in the form of “pseudo-SQL”
statements, run mysqlbinlog with the --verbose or -v option. The output
will contain lines beginning with ###:
shell> mysqlbinlog-v log_file
...
# at 218
#080828 15:03:08 server id 1 end_log_pos 258 Write_rows: table id 17 flags: STMT_END_F
BINLOG ´
fAS3SBMBAAAALAAAANoAAAAAABEAAAAAAAAABHRlc3QAAXQAAwMPCgIUAAQ=
fAS3SBcBAAAAKAAAAAIBAAAQABEAAAAAAAEAA//8AQAAAAVhcHBsZQ==
´/*!*/;
### INSERT INTO test.t
### SET
### @1=1
### @2=´apple´
### @3=NULL
...
# at 302
#080828 15:03:08 server id 1 end_log_pos 356 Update_rows: table id 17 flags: STMT_END_F
BINLOG ´
fAS3SBMBAAAALAAAAC4BAAAAABEAAAAAAAAABHRlc3QAAXQAAwMPCgIUAAQ=
fAS3SBgBAAAANgAAAGQBAAAQABEAAAAAAAEAA////AEAAAAFYXBwbGX4AQAAAARwZWFyIbIP
´/*!*/;
### UPDATE test.t
### WHERE
### @1=1
### @2=´apple´
### @3=NULL
### SET
### @1=1
### @2=´pear´
### @3=´2009:01:01´
...
# at 400
#080828 15:03:08 server id 1 end_log_pos 442 Delete_rows: table id 17 flags: STMT_END_F
BINLOG ´
fAS3SBMBAAAALAAAAJABAAAAABEAAAAAAAAABHRlc3QAAXQAAwMPCgIUAAQ=
fAS3SBkBAAAAKgAAALoBAAAQABEAAAAAAAEAA//4AQAAAARwZWFyIbIP
´/*!*/;
### DELETE FROM test.t
### WHERE
### @1=1
### @2=´pear´
### @3=´2009:01:01´
Specify --verbose or -v twice to also display data types and some
metadata for each column. The output will contain an additional comment
following each column change:
shell> mysqlbinlog-vv log_file
...
# at 218
#080828 15:03:08 server id 1 end_log_pos 258 Write_rows: table id 17 flags: STMT_END_F
BINLOG ´
fAS3SBMBAAAALAAAANoAAAAAABEAAAAAAAAABHRlc3QAAXQAAwMPCgIUAAQ=
fAS3SBcBAAAAKAAAAAIBAAAQABEAAAAAAAEAA//8AQAAAAVhcHBsZQ==
´/*!*/;
### INSERT INTO test.t
### SET
### @1=1 /* INT meta=0 nullable=0 is_null=0 */
### @2=´apple´ /* VARSTRING(20) meta=20 nullable=0 is_null=0 */
### @3=NULL /* VARSTRING(20) meta=0 nullable=1 is_null=1 */
...
# at 302
#080828 15:03:08 server id 1 end_log_pos 356 Update_rows: table id 17 flags: STMT_END_F
BINLOG ´
fAS3SBMBAAAALAAAAC4BAAAAABEAAAAAAAAABHRlc3QAAXQAAwMPCgIUAAQ=
fAS3SBgBAAAANgAAAGQBAAAQABEAAAAAAAEAA////AEAAAAFYXBwbGX4AQAAAARwZWFyIbIP
´/*!*/;
### UPDATE test.t
### WHERE
### @1=1 /* INT meta=0 nullable=0 is_null=0 */
### @2=´apple´ /* VARSTRING(20) meta=20 nullable=0 is_null=0 */
### @3=NULL /* VARSTRING(20) meta=0 nullable=1 is_null=1 */
### SET
### @1=1 /* INT meta=0 nullable=0 is_null=0 */
### @2=´pear´ /* VARSTRING(20) meta=20 nullable=0 is_null=0 */
### @3=´2009:01:01´ /* DATE meta=0 nullable=1 is_null=0 */
...
# at 400
#080828 15:03:08 server id 1 end_log_pos 442 Delete_rows: table id 17 flags: STMT_END_F
BINLOG ´
fAS3SBMBAAAALAAAAJABAAAAABEAAAAAAAAABHRlc3QAAXQAAwMPCgIUAAQ=
fAS3SBkBAAAAKgAAALoBAAAQABEAAAAAAAEAA//4AQAAAARwZWFyIbIP
´/*!*/;
### DELETE FROM test.t
### WHERE
### @1=1 /* INT meta=0 nullable=0 is_null=0 */
### @2=´pear´ /* VARSTRING(20) meta=20 nullable=0 is_null=0 */
### @3=´2009:01:01´ /* DATE meta=0 nullable=1 is_null=0 */
You can tell mysqlbinlog to suppress the BINLOG statements for row
events by using the --base64-output=DECODE-ROWS option. This is similar
to --base64-output=NEVER but does not exit with an error if a row event
is found. The combination of --base64-output=DECODE-ROWS and --verbose
provides a convenient way to see row events only as SQL statements:
shell> mysqlbinlog-v --base64-output=DECODE-ROWS log_file
...
# at 218
#080828 15:03:08 server id 1 end_log_pos 258 Write_rows: table id 17 flags: STMT_END_F
### INSERT INTO test.t
### SET
### @1=1
### @2=´apple´
### @3=NULL
...
# at 302
#080828 15:03:08 server id 1 end_log_pos 356 Update_rows: table id 17 flags: STMT_END_F
### UPDATE test.t
### WHERE
### @1=1
### @2=´apple´
### @3=NULL
### SET
### @1=1
### @2=´pear´
### @3=´2009:01:01´
...
# at 400
#080828 15:03:08 server id 1 end_log_pos 442 Delete_rows: table id 17 flags: STMT_END_F
### DELETE FROM test.t
### WHERE
### @1=1
### @2=´pear´
### @3=´2009:01:01´
Note
You should not suppress BINLOG statements if you intend to
re-execute mysqlbinlog output.
The SQL statements produced by --verbose for row events are much more
readable than the corresponding BINLOG statements. However, they do not
correspond exactly to the original SQL statements that generated the
events. The following limitations apply:
· The original column names are lost and replaced by @N, where N is a
column number.
· Character set information is not available in the binary log, which
affects string column display:
· There is no distinction made between corresponding binary and
nonbinary string types (BINARY and CHAR, VARBINARY and VARCHAR,
BLOB and TEXT). The output uses a data type of STRING for
fixed-length strings and VARSTRING for variable-length strings.
· For multi-byte character sets, the maximum number of bytes per
character is not present in the binary log, so the length for
string types is displayed in bytes rather than in characters.
For example, STRING(4) will be used as the data type for values
from either of these column types:
CHAR(4) CHARACTER SET latin1
CHAR(2) CHARACTER SET ucs2
· Due to the storage format for events of type UPDATE_ROWS_EVENT,
UPDATE statements are displayed with the WHERE clause preceding
the SET clause.
Proper interpretation of row events requires the information from the
format description event at the beginning of the binary log. Because
mysqlbinlog does not know in advance whether the rest of the log
contains row events, by default it displays the format description
event using a BINLOG statement in the initial part of the output.
If the binary log is known not to contain any events requiring a BINLOG
statement (that is, no row events), the --base64-output=NEVER option
can be used to prevent this header from being written.
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This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
NOTES
1. Bug#42941
http://bugs.mysql.com/42941
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 5.1 09/04/2009 MYSQLBINLOG(1)
