Check the table(s) for errors. The command returns a table with the following
columns:
@code{CHECK TABLE} only works on @code{MyISAM} tables and is the same things
as running @code{myisamchk -m table_name} on the table.
Check the table(s) for errors and updates the key statistics for the table.
The command returns a table with the following columns:
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@item Table @tab Table name
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@item Msg_text @tab The message.
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Note that you can get many rows of information for each checked table. The
last one row will be of @code{Msg_type status} and should normally be
@code{OK}. If you don't get @code{OK}, you should normally run a repair of
the table. @xref{Table maintenance}.
Note that you can get many rows of information for each checked
table. The last one row will be of @code{Msg_type status} and should
normally be @code{OK}. If you don't get @code{OK}, or @code{Not
checked} you should normally run a repair of the table. @xref{Table
maintenance}. @code{Not checked} means that the table the given @code{TYPE}
told @code{MySQL} that there wasn't any need to check the table.
If @code{TYPE=QUICK} is given then @strong{MySQL} will not scan the rows
for table with fixed size records.
The different check types stands for the following:
@code{CHECK TABLE} only works on @code{MyISAM} tables and is the same things
as running @code{myisamchk -m table_name} on the table.
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@item @code{QUICK} @tab Don't scan the rows for fixed size record tables.
@item @code{FAST} @tab Only check tables which hasn't been closed properly.
@item @code{CHANGED} @tab Only check tables which has been changed since last check or hasn't been closed properly.
@item @code{EXTENDED} @tab Do a full key lookup for all keys for each row. This enasures that the table is 100 % consistent, but will take a long time!
