Bug #71744 mysqlindexcheck: CSV format doesn't work

• Submitted: 17 Feb 2014 8:26
• Modified: 17 Feb 2014 8:45
• Reporter: Daniël van Eeden (OCA)
• Status: Not a Bug
• Category: MySQL Utilities
• Severity: S3 (Non-critical)
• Version: 1.3.6
• OS: Any
• CPU Architecture: Any

[17 Feb 2014 8:26] Daniël van Eeden

Description:
The output of mysqlindexcheck doesn't change if a non-default format like csv, tab or vertical is specified.

How to repeat:
$ mysqlindexcheck --server=client --show-drops --format=csv mydb | md5sum
8212d49a2f4fbc9ace11b5469ff8bf89  -
$ mysqlindexcheck --server=client --show-drops --format=sql mydb | md5sum
8212d49a2f4fbc9ace11b5469ff8bf89  -
$ mysqlindexcheck --server=client --show-drops --format=tab mydb | md5sum
8212d49a2f4fbc9ace11b5469ff8bf89  -
$ mysqlindexcheck --server=client --show-drops --format=vertical mydb | md5sum
8212d49a2f4fbc9ace11b5469ff8bf89  -

[17 Feb 2014 8:45] Daniël van Eeden

It's not a bug, the format option only works on certain parts of the output:

From the manual:
To change the format of the index lists displayed for the --show-indexes, --best, and --worst options, use one of the following values with the --format option