MariaDB - LiveStone/knowledge-base GitHub Wiki

1. Useful commands and queries

  • Table config info
SHOW TABLE STATUS;
  • Show DB collation and encoding info
SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SCHEMATA;
  • Change DB collation and encoding info
ALTER DATABASE partsplanet CHARACTER SET = 'utf8mb4' COLLATE = 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci';
  • Change Table Engine
ALTER TABLE table_name ENGINE=InnoDB;
  • Show more details on error
SHOW ENGINE INNODB STATUS;
  • Change Table Collation and Char encoding
alter table <some_table> convert to character set utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
  • Show global vars
SHOW GLOBAL VARIABLES LIKE '%';
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