Table storage engine for <TABLE> doesn't have this option on order by query (ERROR 1031)
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> Table storage engine for <TABLE> doesn't have this option.
This is the error returned by MySQL on an order by
query. The column type is varchar(2000)
.
Query:
select * from `dbo.table_1` order by textT;
Error returned:
> ERROR 1031 (HY000): Table storage engine for 'dbo.table_1' doesn't have this option.
Why does this happen? And how can I fix it?
Mysql Solutions
Solution 1 - Mysql
This problem appears to occur when you're importing a table definition that had been created with MyISAM but later was switched to InnoDB; the resulting ROW_FORMAT
options appear to be invalid.
If you're trying to import an exported database and encounter this problem, you can simply search and replace ROW_FORMAT=FIXED
with nothing.
I used the following to do so really quickly:
sed -ie 's/ROW_FORMAT=FIXED//g' backup.sql
Problem solved! Thanks to jbrahy for pointing out that it was the ROW_FORMAT that was the problem.
EDIT: Updated to work for more platforms as per @seven's suggestion
EDIT2: Also note, as per @Steen-Schütt, this may be a safer fix
sed -ie 's/ROW_FORMAT=FIXED/ROW_FORMAT=COMPACT/g' backup.sql
Solution 2 - Mysql
I get the same error when I import a table definition that's InnoDB with ROW_FORMAT=DYNAMIC in it. The table was created with a MyISAM engine but I later switched it to InnoDB. When I removed the ROW_FORMAT=DYNAMIC from the create table statement and recreated the table it worked fine. My solution to your problem would be this.
show create table `dbo.table_1`;
then take the output from that command and remove the ROW_FORMAT=DYNAMIC then rename the table to dbo.table_1_old
rename table `dbo.table_1` to `dbo.table_1_old`;
Then execute the create table statement from the first step i.e.
-- don't use this create as there are missing columns use yours
create table `dbo.table_1` (textT VARCHAR(255));
Then repopulate your table with the old data.
insert into `dbo.table_1` select * from `dbo.table_1_old`;
Then you should be able to execute your original SQL
select * from `dbo.table_1` order by textT;
Solution 3 - Mysql
You can also try this:
ALTER TABLE `dbo.table_1` ROW_FORMAT = DEFAULT ;
Solution 4 - Mysql
This problem appears to occur when you're importing a table definition to MySQL 5.7 that had been created with MySQL 5.6 and earlier. The same error can produceb by option KEY_BUFFER_SIZE=8192 and similar sizes defined in bytes for INNODB ENGINE. I had this error when I'm importing base from sql-dump. Decision: sed -ie 's/KEY_BLOCK_SIZE=16384//g' my-file-sql_dump.sql
Solution 5 - Mysql
I was facing this problem and my backup file was encrypted .zsql
file. So I modified my.cnf by adding innodb_strict_mode = off
. It worked fine