25.5.10 ndb_drop_index — Drop Index from an NDB Table

ndb_drop_index drops the specified index from an NDB table. It is recommended that you use this utility only as an example for writing NDB API applications—see the Warning later in this section for details.

Usage

ndb_drop_index -c connection_string table_name index -d db_name

The statement shown above drops the index named index from the table in the database.

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

Table 25.32 Command-line options used with the program ndb_drop_index

Format	Description	Added, Deprecated, or Removed
--character-sets-dir=path	Directory containing character sets	REMOVED: 8.0.31
--connect-retries=#	Number of times to retry connection before giving up	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--connect-retry-delay=#	Number of seconds to wait between attempts to contact management server	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--connect-string=connection_string, -c connection_string	Same as --ndb-connectstring	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--core-file	Write core file on error; used in debugging	REMOVED: 8.0.31
--database=name, -d name	Name of database in which table is found	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--defaults-extra-file=path	Read given file after global files are read	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--defaults-file=path	Read default options from given file only	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--defaults-group-suffix=string	Also read groups with concat(group, suffix)	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--help, -?	Display help text and exit	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--login-path=path	Read given path from login file	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--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 8.0)
--ndb-mgmd-host=connection_string, -c connection_string	Same as --ndb-connectstring	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--ndb-nodeid=#	Set node ID for this node, overriding any ID set by --ndb-connectstring	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--ndb-optimized-node-selection	Enable optimizations for selection of nodes for transactions. Enabled by default; use --skip-ndb-optimized-node-selection to disable	REMOVED: 8.0.31
--no-defaults	Do not read default options from any option file other than login file	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--print-defaults	Print program argument list and exit	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--usage, -?	Display help text and exit; same as --help	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--version, -V	Display version information and exit	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)

• --character-sets-dir

  Command-Line Format	--character-sets-dir=path
  Removed	8.0.31

  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
  Removed	8.0.31

  Write core file on error; used in debugging.

• --database, -d

  Command-Line Format	--database=name
  Type	String
  Default Value	TEST_DB

  Name of the database in which the table resides.

• --defaults-extra-file

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

  Read given file after global files are read.

• --defaults-file

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

  Read default options from given file only.

• --defaults-group-suffix

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

  Also read groups with concat(group, suffix).

• --help

  Command-Line Format	--help

  Display help text and exit.

• --login-path

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

  Read given path from login file.

• --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-nodeid

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

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

• --ndb-optimized-node-selection

  Command-Line Format	--ndb-optimized-node-selection
  Removed	8.0.31

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

• --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.

Warning

Operations performed on Cluster table indexes using the NDB API are not visible to MySQL and make the table unusable by a MySQL server. If you use this program to drop an index, then try to access the table from an SQL node, an error results, as shown here:

$> ./ndb_drop_index -c localhost dogs ix -d ctest1
Dropping index dogs/idx...OK

$> ./mysql -u jon -p ctest1
Enter password: *******
Reading table information for completion of table and column names
You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A

Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 7 to server version: 5.7.44-ndb-7.5.36

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.

mysql> SHOW TABLES;
+------------------+
| Tables_in_ctest1 |
+------------------+
| a                |
| bt1              |
| bt2              |
| dogs             |
| employees        |
| fish             |
+------------------+
6 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> SELECT * FROM dogs;
ERROR 1296 (HY000): Got error 4243 'Index not found' from NDBCLUSTER

In such a case, your only option for making the table available to MySQL again is to drop the table and re-create it. You can use either the SQL statementDROP TABLE or the ndb_drop_table utility (see Section 25.5.11, “ndb_drop_table — Drop an NDB Table”) to drop the table.