mysql_explain_log(1) MySQL Database System mysql_explain_log(1)
NAME
mysql_explain_log - use EXPLAIN on statements in query log
SYNOPSIS
mysql_explain_log [options] < log_file
DESCRIPTION
mysql_explain_log reads its standard input for query log contents. It
uses EXPLAIN to analyze SELECT statements found in the input. UPDATE
statements are rewritten to SELECT statements and also analyzed with
EXPLAIN. mysql_explain_log then displays a summary of its results.
The results may assist you in determining which queries result in table
scans and where it would be beneficial to add indexes to your tables.
Invoke mysql_explain_log like this, where log_file contains all or part
of a MySQL query log:
shell> mysql_explain_log [options] < log_file
mysql_explain_log understands the following options:
o --help, -?
Display a help message and exit.
o --date=YYMMDD, -d YYMMDD
Select entries from the log only for the given date.
o --host=host_name, -h host_name
Connect to the MySQL server on the given host.
o --password=password, -p password
The password to use when connecting to the server.
Specifying a password on the command line should be considered
insecure. See Section 5.5.6.2, "End-User Guidelines for Password
Security".
o --printerror=1, -e 1
Enable error output.
o --socket=path, -S path
For connections to localhost, the Unix socket file to use, or, on
Windows, the name of the named pipe to use.
o --user=user_name, -u user_name
The MySQL user name to use when connecting to the server.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2007-2008 MySQL AB, 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it only under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
This documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
with the program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA or see
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
SEE ALSO
For more information, please refer to the MySQL Reference Manual, which
may already be installed locally and which is also available online at
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/.
AUTHOR
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (http://www.mysql.com/).
MySQL 5.0 11/09/2009 mysql_explain_log(1)
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