diff --git a/Docs/manual.texi b/Docs/manual.texi index 3cdb35d506000fcc6293fa1f273d77ada8b9b328..13de3043836da79183bf5a6b677b583094088ea8 100644 --- a/Docs/manual.texi +++ b/Docs/manual.texi @@ -27738,6 +27738,7 @@ How big a @code{VARCHAR} column can be * mysqldump:: Dumping the structure and data from @strong{MySQL} databases and tables * mysqlimport:: Importing data from text files * mysqlshow:: Showing databases, tables and columns +* perror:: Displaying error messages * myisampack:: The @strong{MySQL} compressed read-only table generator @end menu @@ -28536,7 +28537,7 @@ mysqldump --all-databases > all_databases.sql @cindex files, text @cindex text files, importing @cindex @code{mysqlimport} -@node mysqlimport, mysqlshow, mysqldump, Tools +@node mysqlimport, perror, mysqldump, Tools @section Importing Data from Text Files @code{mysqlimport} provides a command-line interface to the @code{LOAD DATA @@ -28673,12 +28674,34 @@ $ mysql -e 'SELECT * FROM imptest' test +------+---------------+ @end example +@cindex error messages, displaying +@cindex perror +@node perror, mysqlshow, mysqlimport, Tools +@section Converting an error code to the corresponding error message + +@code{perror} can be used to print error message(s). @code{perror} can +be invoked like this: + +@example +shell> perror [OPTIONS] [ERRORCODE [ERRORCODE...]] + +For example: + +shell> perror 64 79 +Error code 64: Machine is not on the network +Error code 79: Can not access a needed shared library +@end example + +@code{perror} can be used to display a description for a system error +code, or an MyISAM/ISAM table handler error code. The error messages +are mostly system dependent. + @cindex databases, displaying @cindex displaying, database information @cindex tables, displaying @cindex columns, displaying @cindex showing, database information -@node mysqlshow, myisampack, mysqlimport, Tools +@node mysqlshow, myisampack, perror, Tools @section Showing Databases, Tables, and Columns @code{mysqlshow} can be used to quickly look at which databases exist, @@ -32068,6 +32091,12 @@ tmpdir=C:/temp assuming that the @file{c:\\temp} directory exists. @xref{Option files}. +Check also the error code that you get with @code{perror}. One reason +may also be a disk full error; + +shell >perror 28 +Error code 28: No space left on device + @cindex commands out of sync @node Commands out of sync, Ignoring user, Cannot create, Common errors @subsection @code{Commands out of sync} error in client