Anyone have any pointers on using the MySQL REPAIR DATABASE functions. One of our database tables is corrupt and the particular software provider has recommended using MySQL REPAIR DATABASE feature?
Backup your table (If you are using myIsam, just copy your table files to somewhere else). Than execute "repair table yourtablename". Mostly table corruptions are on index files and easyly recoverable. Unexpected shutdowns or disk space problems may have results like this. Hope you resolve your problem easy.
Thank you Clark Kent! This is somewhat new to me and I sincerely appreciate your help. I'm stuck now at: [root@u00000000 root]# shell> mysqlrepair --repair bbllc_jolly I'm using PUTTY to access, what am I missing?
Do you have phpmyadmin or another frontend application? You may try executing queries with phpmyadmin. If you know which tables are corrupted, I suggest to use "repair table" command on that tables. Also documantation about repairing. http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/mysqlcheck.html
Yes, i found that the function is usefull, but if you have a serious crash, some data will be truncated.
You can do it one of three ways, from the MySQL cli, or using one of the two db analysis tools provided with your mysqld installation. http://www.databasejournal.com/feat..._2/Repairing-Database-Corruption-in-MySQL.htm
You can repair & restore your corrupt MySQL database table by an advanced Stellar MySQL repair utility. It is read only in nature and successful restore table corruption in MySQL database. You can download free demo version to see the preview of your corrupt table.
There is a 3rd party software that claims it can repair & recover data from corrupt MySQL database. www.mysql-database-recovery.com Good Luck!!!