Commit 1e361372 authored by jani@prima.mysql.com's avatar jani@prima.mysql.com

Added documentation about perror.

parent ad2e43c7
......@@ -27725,6 +27725,7 @@ How big a @code{VARCHAR} column can be
* mysqldump:: Dumping the structure and data from @strong{MySQL} databases and tables
* mysqlimport:: Importing data from text files
* mysqlshow:: Showing databases, tables and columns
* perror:: Displaying error messages
* myisampack:: The @strong{MySQL} compressed read-only table generator
@end menu
......@@ -28523,7 +28524,7 @@ mysqldump --all-databases > all_databases.sql
@cindex files, text
@cindex text files, importing
@cindex @code{mysqlimport}
@node mysqlimport, mysqlshow, mysqldump, Tools
@node mysqlimport, perror, mysqldump, Tools
@section Importing data from text files
@code{mysqlimport} provides a command line interface to the @code{LOAD DATA
......@@ -28660,12 +28661,34 @@ $ mysql -e 'SELECT * FROM imptest' test
+------+---------------+
@end example
@cindex error messages, displaying
@cindex perror
@node perror, mysqlshow, mysqlimport, Tools
@section Converting an error code to the corresponding error message
@code{perror} can be used to print error message(s). @code{perror} can
be invoked like this:
@example
shell> perror [OPTIONS] [ERRORCODE [ERRORCODE...]]
For example:
shell> perror 64 79
Error code 64: Machine is not on the network
Error code 79: Can not access a needed shared library
@end example
@code{perror} can be used to display a description for a system error
code, or an MyISAM/ISAM table handler error code. The error messages
are mostly system dependent.
@cindex databases, displaying
@cindex displaying, database information
@cindex tables, displaying
@cindex columns, displaying
@cindex showing, database information
@node mysqlshow, myisampack, mysqlimport, Tools
@node mysqlshow, myisampack, perror, Tools
@section Showing databases, tables and columns
@code{mysqlshow} can be used to quickly look at which databases exist,
......@@ -32055,6 +32078,12 @@ tmpdir=C:/temp
assuming that the @file{c:\\temp} directory exists. @xref{Option files}.
Check also the error code that you get with @code{perror}. One reason
may also be a disk full error;
shell >perror 28
Error code 28: No space left on device
@cindex commands out of sync
@node Commands out of sync, Ignoring user, Cannot create, Common errors
@subsection @code{Commands out of sync} error in client
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