ndb_desc provides a detailed description of one or more NDB tables.

Usage:

ndb_desc -c connect_string tbl_name -d db_name [-p]

Sample Output:

MySQL table creation and population statements:

USE test;

CREATE TABLE fish (
    id INT(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
    name VARCHAR(20),

    PRIMARY KEY pk (id),
    UNIQUE KEY uk (name)
) ENGINE=NDBCLUSTER;

INSERT INTO fish VALUES
    ('','guppy'), ('','tuna'), ('','shark'),
    ('','manta ray'), ('','grouper'), ('','puffer');

Output from ndb_desc:

shell> ./ndb_desc -c localhost fish -d test -p
-- fish --
Version: 16777221
Fragment type: 5
K Value: 6
Min load factor: 78
Max load factor: 80
Temporary table: no
Number of attributes: 2
Number of primary keys: 1
Length of frm data: 268
Row Checksum: 1
Row GCI: 1
TableStatus: Retrieved
-- Attributes --
id Int PRIMARY KEY DISTRIBUTION KEY AT=FIXED ST=MEMORY
name Varchar(20;latin1_swedish_ci) NULL AT=SHORT_VAR ST=MEMORY

-- Indexes --
PRIMARY KEY(id) - UniqueHashIndex
uk(name) - OrderedIndex
PRIMARY(id) - OrderedIndex
uk$unique(name) - UniqueHashIndex

-- Per partition info --
Partition  Row count  Commit count  Frag fixed memory  Frag varsized memory
2          2          2             65536              327680
1          2          2             65536              327680
3          2          2             65536              327680

NDBT_ProgramExit: 0 - OK

Information about multiple tables can be obtained in a single invocation of ndb_desc by using their names, separated by spaces. All of the tables must be in the same database.

Additional Options: