5.17 ndb_perror — Obtain NDB Error Message Information

ndb_perror shows information about an NDB error, given its error code. This includes the error message, the type of error, and whether the error is permanent or temporary. Added to the MySQL NDB Cluster distribution in NDB 7.6, it is intended as a drop-in replacement for perror --ndb.

Usage

ndb_perror [options] error_code

ndb_perror does not need to access a running NDB Cluster, or any nodes (including SQL nodes). To view information about a given NDB error, invoke the program, using the error code as an argument, like this:

$> ndb_perror 323
NDB error code 323: Invalid nodegroup id, nodegroup already existing: Permanent error: Application error

To display only the error message, invoke ndb_perror with the --silent option (short form -s), as shown here:

$> ndb_perror -s 323
Invalid nodegroup id, nodegroup already existing: Permanent error: Application error

Like perror, ndb_perror accepts multiple error codes:

$> ndb_perror 321 1001
NDB error code 321: Invalid nodegroup id: Permanent error: Application error
NDB error code 1001: Illegal connect string

Additional program options for ndb_perror are described later in this section.

ndb_perror replaces perror --ndb, which is deprecated in NDB 7.6 and subject to removal in a future release of MySQL NDB Cluster. To make substitution easier in scripts and other applications that might depend on perror for obtaining NDB error information, ndb_perror supports its own “dummy” --ndb option, which does nothing.

The following table includes all options that are specific to the NDB Cluster program ndb_perror. Additional descriptions follow the table.

Table 5.15 Command-line options used with the program ndb_perror

Format	Description	Added, Deprecated, or Removed
--defaults-extra-file=path	Read given file after global files are read	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 5.7)
--defaults-file=path	Read default options from given file only	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 5.7)
--defaults-group-suffix=string	Also read groups with concat(group, suffix)	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 5.7)
--help, -?	Display help text	ADDED: NDB 7.6.4
--login-path=path	Read given path from login file	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 5.7)
--ndb	For compatibility with applications depending on old versions of perror; does nothing	ADDED: NDB 7.6.4
--no-defaults	Do not read default options from any option file other than login file	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 5.7)
--print-defaults	Print program argument list and exit	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 5.7)
--silent, -s	Show error message only	ADDED: NDB 7.6.4
--version, -V	Print program version information and exit	ADDED: NDB 7.6.4
--verbose, -v	Verbose output; disable with --silent	ADDED: NDB 7.6.4

Additional Options

• --help, -?

  Command-Line Format	--help
  Introduced	5.7.19-ndb-7.6.4

  Display program help text and exit.

• --ndb

  Command-Line Format	--ndb
  Introduced	5.7.19-ndb-7.6.4

  For compatibility with applications depending on old versions of perror that use that program's --ndb option. The option when used with ndb_perror does nothing, and is ignored by it.

• --silent, -s

  Command-Line Format	--silent
  Introduced	5.7.19-ndb-7.6.4

  Show error message only.

• --version, -V

  Command-Line Format	--version
  Introduced	5.7.19-ndb-7.6.4

  Print program version information and exit.

• --verbose, -v

  Command-Line Format	--verbose
  Introduced	5.7.19-ndb-7.6.4

  Verbose output; disable with --silent.