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MySQL 5.7 Reference Manual  /  ...  /  ndb_select_count — Print Row Counts for NDB Tables

21.5.26 ndb_select_count — Print Row Counts for NDB Tables

ndb_select_count prints the number of rows in one or more NDB tables. With a single table, the result is equivalent to that obtained by using the MySQL statement SELECT COUNT(*) FROM tbl_name.

Usage

ndb_select_count [-c connection_string] -ddb_name tbl_name[, tbl_name2[, ...]]

Options that can be used with ndb_select_count are shown in the following table. Additional descriptions follow the table.

Table 21.42 Command-line options used with the program ndb_select_count

Format Description Added, Deprecated, or Removed

--character-sets-dir=path

Directory containing character sets

(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 5.7)

--connect-retries=#

Number of times to retry connection before giving up

(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 5.7)

--connect-retry-delay=#

Number of seconds to wait between attempts to contact management server

(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 5.7)

--connect-string=connection_string,

-c connection_string

Same as --ndb-connectstring

(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 5.7)

--core-file

Write core file on error; used in debugging

(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 5.7)

--database=name,

-d name

Name of database in which table is found

(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 5.7)

--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 and exit

(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 5.7)

--lock=#,

-l #

Lock type

(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 5.7)

--login-path=path

Read given path from login file

(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 5.7)

--ndb-connectstring=connection_string,

-c connection_string

Set connect string for connecting to ndb_mgmd. Syntax: "[nodeid=id;][host=]hostname[:port]". Overrides entries in NDB_CONNECTSTRING and my.cnf

(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 5.7)

--ndb-mgmd-host=connection_string,

-c connection_string

Same as --ndb-connectstring

(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 5.7)

--ndb-nodeid=#

Set node ID for this node, overriding any ID set by --ndb-connectstring

(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 5.7)

--ndb-optimized-node-selection

Enable optimizations for selection of nodes for transactions. Enabled by default; use --skip-ndb-optimized-node-selection to disable

(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 5.7)

--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)

--parallelism=#,

-p #

Degree of parallelism

(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)

--usage,

-?

Display help text and exit; same as --help

(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 5.7)

--version,

-V

Display version information and exit

(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 5.7)


  • --character-sets-dir

    Command-Line Format --character-sets-dir=path

    Directory containing character sets.

  • --connect-retries

    Command-Line Format --connect-retries=#
    Type Integer
    Default Value 12
    Minimum Value 0
    Maximum Value 12

    Number of times to retry connection before giving up.

  • --connect-retry-delay

    Command-Line Format --connect-retry-delay=#
    Type Integer
    Default Value 5
    Minimum Value 0
    Maximum Value 5

    Number of seconds to wait between attempts to contact management server.

  • --connect-string

    Command-Line Format --connect-string=connection_string
    Type String
    Default Value [none]

    Same as --ndb-connectstring.

  • --core-file

    Command-Line Format --core-file

    Write core file on error; used in debugging.

  • --defaults-file

    Command-Line Format --defaults-file=path
    Type String
    Default Value [none]

    Read default options from given file only.

  • --defaults-extra-file

    Command-Line Format --defaults-extra-file=path
    Type String
    Default Value [none]

    Read given file after global files are read.

  • --defaults-group-suffix

    Command-Line Format --defaults-group-suffix=string
    Type String
    Default Value [none]

    Also read groups with concat(group, suffix).

  • --login-path

    Command-Line Format --login-path=path
    Type String
    Default Value [none]

    Read given path from login file.

  • --help

    Command-Line Format --help

    Display help text and exit.

  • --ndb-connectstring

    Command-Line Format --ndb-connectstring=connection_string
    Type String
    Default Value [none]

    Set connect string for connecting to ndb_mgmd. Syntax: "[nodeid=id;][host=]hostname[:port]". Overrides entries in NDB_CONNECTSTRING and my.cnf.

  • --ndb-mgmd-host

    Command-Line Format --ndb-mgmd-host=connection_string
    Type String
    Default Value [none]

    Same as --ndb-connectstring.

  • --ndb-optimized-node-selection

    Command-Line Format --ndb-optimized-node-selection

    Enable optimizations for selection of nodes for transactions. Enabled by default; use --skip-ndb-optimized-node-selection to disable.

  • --ndb-nodeid

    Command-Line Format --ndb-nodeid=#
    Type Integer
    Default Value [none]

    Set node ID for this node, overriding any ID set by --ndb-connectstring.

  • --no-defaults

    Command-Line Format --no-defaults

    Do not read default options from any option file other than login file.

  • --print-defaults

    Command-Line Format --print-defaults

    Print program argument list and exit.

  • --usage

    Command-Line Format --usage

    Display help text and exit; same as --help.

  • --version

    Command-Line Format --version

    Display version information and exit.

You can obtain row counts from multiple tables in the same database by listing the table names separated by spaces when invoking this command, as shown under Sample Output.

Sample Output

$> ./ndb_select_count -c localhost -d ctest1 fish dogs
6 records in table fish
4 records in table dogs

NDBT_ProgramExit: 0 - OK