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.TH "NDB_BLOB_TOOL" "1" "09/13/2024" "MySQL 9\&.0" "MySQL Database System"
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.SH "NAME"
ndb_blob_tool \- check and repair BLOB and TEXT columns of NDB Cluster tables
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBndb_blob_tool\ \fR\fB\fIoptions\fR\fR\fB\ \fR\fB\fItable\fR\fR\fB\ [\fR\fB\fIcolumn\fR\fR\fB,\ \&.\&.\&.]\fR\ 'u
\fBndb_blob_tool \fR\fB\fIoptions\fR\fR\fB \fR\fB\fItable\fR\fR\fB [\fR\fB\fIcolumn\fR\fR\fB, \&.\&.\&.]\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This tool can be used to check for and remove orphaned BLOB column parts from
NDB
tables, as well as to generate a file listing any orphaned parts\&. It is sometimes useful in diagnosing and repairing corrupted or damaged
NDB
tables containing
BLOB
or
TEXT
columns\&.
.PP
The basic syntax for
\fBndb_blob_tool\fR
is shown here:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
ndb_blob_tool [\fIoptions\fR] \fItable\fR [\fIcolumn\fR, \&.\&.\&.]
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
Unless you use the
\fB\-\-help\fR
option, you must specify an action to be performed by including one or more of the options
\fB\-\-check\-orphans\fR,
\fB\-\-delete\-orphans\fR, or
\fB\-\-dump\-file\fR\&. These options cause
\fBndb_blob_tool\fR
to check for orphaned BLOB parts, remove any orphaned BLOB parts, and generate a dump file listing orphaned BLOB parts, respectively, and are described in more detail later in this section\&.
.PP
You must also specify the name of a table when invoking
\fBndb_blob_tool\fR\&. In addition, you can optionally follow the table name with the (comma\-separated) names of one or more
BLOB
or
TEXT
columns from that table\&. If no columns are listed, the tool works on all of the table\*(Aqs
BLOB
and
TEXT
columns\&. If you need to specify a database, use the
\fB\-\-database\fR
(\fB\-d\fR) option\&.
.PP
The
\fB\-\-verbose\fR
option provides additional information in the output about the tool\*(Aqs progress\&.
.PP
All options that can be used with
\fBndb_mgmd\fR
are shown in the following table\&. Additional descriptions follow the table\&.
.PP
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-add\-missing\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--add-missing
T}
.TE
.sp 1
For each inline part in NDB Cluster tables which has no corresponding BLOB part, write a dummy BLOB part of the required length, consisting of spaces\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-character\-sets\-dir\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--character-sets-dir=path
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Directory containing character sets\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-check\-missing\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--check-missing
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Check for inline parts in NDB Cluster tables which have no corresponding BLOB parts\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-check\-orphans\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--check-orphans
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Check for BLOB parts in NDB Cluster tables which have no corresponding inline parts\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-connect\-retries\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l
lB l
lB l
lB l
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--connect-retries=#
T}
T{
Type
T}:T{
Integer
T}
T{
Default Value
T}:T{
12
T}
T{
Minimum Value
T}:T{
0
T}
T{
Maximum Value
T}:T{
12
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Number of times to retry connection before giving up\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-connect\-retry\-delay\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l
lB l
lB l
lB l
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--connect-retry-delay=#
T}
T{
Type
T}:T{
Integer
T}
T{
Default Value
T}:T{
5
T}
T{
Minimum Value
T}:T{
0
T}
T{
Maximum Value
T}:T{
5
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Number of seconds to wait between attempts to contact management server\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-connect\-string\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l
lB l
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--connect-string=connection_string
T}
T{
Type
T}:T{
String
T}
T{
Default Value
T}:T{
[none]
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Same as
\fB\-\-ndb\-connectstring\fR\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-core\-file\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--core-file
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Write core file on error; used in debugging\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-database=\fR\fB\fIdb_name\fR\fR,
\fB\-d\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l
lB l
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--database=name
T}
T{
Type
T}:T{
String
T}
T{
Default Value
T}:T{
[none]
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Specify the database to find the table in\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-defaults\-extra\-file\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l
lB l
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--defaults-extra-file=path
T}
T{
Type
T}:T{
String
T}
T{
Default Value
T}:T{
[none]
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Read given file after global files are read\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-defaults\-file\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l
lB l
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--defaults-file=path
T}
T{
Type
T}:T{
String
T}
T{
Default Value
T}:T{
[none]
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Read default options from given file only\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-defaults\-group\-suffix\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l
lB l
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--defaults-group-suffix=string
T}
T{
Type
T}:T{
String
T}
T{
Default Value
T}:T{
[none]
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Also read groups with concat(group, suffix)\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-delete\-orphans\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--delete-orphans
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Remove BLOB parts from NDB Cluster tables which have no corresponding inline parts\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-dump\-file=\fR\fB\fIfile\fR\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l
lB l
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--dump-file=file
T}
T{
Type
T}:T{
File name
T}
T{
Default Value
T}:T{
[none]
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Writes a list of orphaned BLOB column parts to
\fIfile\fR\&. The information written to the file includes the table key and BLOB part number for each orphaned BLOB part\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-help\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--help
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Display help text and exit\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-login\-path\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l
lB l
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--login-path=path
T}
T{
Type
T}:T{
String
T}
T{
Default Value
T}:T{
[none]
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Read given path from login file\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-no\-login\-paths\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--no-login-paths
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Skips reading options from the login path file\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-ndb\-connectstring\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l
lB l
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--ndb-connectstring=connection_string
T}
T{
Type
T}:T{
String
T}
T{
Default Value
T}:T{
[none]
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Set connection string for connecting to
\fBndb_mgmd\fR\&. Syntax:
[nodeid=\fIid\fR;][host=]\fIhostname\fR[:\fIport\fR]\&. Overrides entries in
NDB_CONNECTSTRING
and
my\&.cnf\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-ndb\-mgm\-tls\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l
lB l
lB l
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--ndb-mgm-tls=level
T}
T{
Type
T}:T{
Enumeration
T}
T{
Default Value
T}:T{
relaxed
T}
T{
Valid Values
T}:T{
.PP
relaxed
.PP
strict
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Sets the level of TLS support required to connect to the management server; one of
relaxed
or
strict\&.
relaxed
(the default) means that a TLS connection is attempted, but success is not required;
strict
means that TLS is required to connect\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-ndb\-mgmd\-host\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l
lB l
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--ndb-mgmd-host=connection_string
T}
T{
Type
T}:T{
String
T}
T{
Default Value
T}:T{
[none]
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Same as
\fB\-\-ndb\-connectstring\fR\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-ndb\-nodeid\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l
lB l
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--ndb-nodeid=#
T}
T{
Type
T}:T{
Integer
T}
T{
Default Value
T}:T{
[none]
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Set node ID for this node, overriding any ID set by \-\-ndb\-connectstring\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-ndb\-optimized\-node\-selection\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--ndb-optimized-node-selection
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Enable optimizations for selection of nodes for transactions\&. Enabled by default; use
\fB\-\-skip\-ndb\-optimized\-node\-selection\fR
to disable\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-ndb\-tls\-search\-path\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l
lB l
lB l
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--ndb-tls-search-path=list
T}
T{
Type
T}:T{
Path name
T}
T{
Default Value (Unix)
T}:T{
$HOME/ndb-tls
T}
T{
Default Value (Windows)
T}:T{
$HOMEDIR/ndb-tls
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Specify a list of directories to search for a CA file\&. On Unix platforms, the directory names are separated by colons (:); on Windows systems, the semicolon character (;) is used as the separator\&. A directory reference may be relative or absolute; it may contain one or more environment variables, each denoted by a prefixed dollar sign ($), and expanded prior to use\&.
.sp
Searching begins with the leftmost named directory and proceeds from left to right until a file is found\&. An empty string denotes an empty search path, which causes all searches to fail\&. A string consisting of a single dot (\&.) indicates that the search path limited to the current working directory\&.
.sp
If no search path is supplied, the compiled\-in default value is used\&. This value depends on the platform used: On Windows, this is
\endb\-tls; on other platforms (including Linux), it is
$HOME/ndb\-tls\&. This can be overridden by compiling NDB Cluster using
\fB\-DWITH_NDB_TLS_SEARCH_PATH\fR\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-no\-defaults\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--no-defaults
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Do not read default options from any option file other than login file\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-print\-defaults\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--print-defaults
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Print program argument list and exit\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-usage\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--usage
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Display help text and exit; same as \-\-help\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-verbose\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--verbose
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Provide extra information in the tool\*(Aqs output regarding its progress\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB\-\-version\fR
.TS
allbox tab(:);
lB l.
T{
Command-Line Format
T}:T{
--version
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Display version information and exit\&.
.RE
Example
.PP
First we create an
NDB
table in the
test
database, using the
CREATE TABLE
statement shown here:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
USE test;
CREATE TABLE btest (
    c0 BIGINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
    c1 TEXT,
    c2 BLOB
)   ENGINE=NDB;
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
Then we insert a few rows into this table, using a series of statements similar to this one:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
INSERT INTO btest VALUES (NULL, \*(Aqx\*(Aq, REPEAT(\*(Aqx\*(Aq, 1000));
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
When run with
\fB\-\-check\-orphans\fR
against this table,
\fBndb_blob_tool\fR
generates the following output:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
$> \fBndb_blob_tool \-\-check\-orphans \-\-verbose \-d test btest\fR
connected
processing 2 blobs
processing blob #0 c1 NDB$BLOB_19_1
NDB$BLOB_19_1: nextResult: res=1
total parts: 0
orphan parts: 0
processing blob #1 c2 NDB$BLOB_19_2
NDB$BLOB_19_2: nextResult: res=0
NDB$BLOB_19_2: nextResult: res=0
NDB$BLOB_19_2: nextResult: res=0
NDB$BLOB_19_2: nextResult: res=0
NDB$BLOB_19_2: nextResult: res=0
NDB$BLOB_19_2: nextResult: res=0
NDB$BLOB_19_2: nextResult: res=0
NDB$BLOB_19_2: nextResult: res=0
NDB$BLOB_19_2: nextResult: res=0
NDB$BLOB_19_2: nextResult: res=0
NDB$BLOB_19_2: nextResult: res=1
total parts: 10
orphan parts: 0
disconnected
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
The tool reports that there are no
NDB
BLOB column parts associated with column
c1, even though
c1
is a
TEXT
column\&. This is due to the fact that, in an
NDB
table, only the first 256 bytes of a
BLOB
or
TEXT
column value are stored inline, and only the excess, if any, is stored separately; thus, if there are no values using more than 256 bytes in a given column of one of these types, no
BLOB
column parts are created by
NDB
for this column\&. See
Section\ \&13.7, \(lqData Type Storage Requirements\(rq, for more information\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.br
.PP
Copyright \(co 1997, 2024, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
.PP
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.
.PP
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.
.PP
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/.
.sp
.SH "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/.
.SH AUTHOR
Oracle Corporation (http://dev.mysql.com/).