NDB_DROP_INDEX(1)

NAME
ndb_drop_index - drop index from an NDB table

SYNOPSIS

ndb_drop_index options

DESCRIPTION

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 connect_string table_name index -d db_name

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

Additional Options: None that are specific to this application.

    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:

    shell> ./ndb_drop_index -c localhost dogs ix -d ctest1
    Dropping index dogs/idx...OK
    NDBT_ProgramExit: 0 - OK
    shell> ./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: 5.1.47-ndb-7.1.8
    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 ndb_drop_table(1)) to drop the table.

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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
Oracle Corporation (http://dev.mysql.com/).