drop table if exists t1; create table t1 SELECT 1,"table 1"; repair table t1 use_frm; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t1 repair warning Number of rows changed from 0 to 1 test.t1 repair status OK alter table t1 ENGINE=HEAP; repair table t1 use_frm; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t1 repair note The storage engine for the table doesn't support repair drop table t1; create table t1(id int PRIMARY KEY, st varchar(10), KEY st_key(st)); insert into t1 values(1, "One"); alter table t1 disable keys; show keys from t1; Table Non_unique Key_name Seq_in_index Column_name Collation Cardinality Sub_part Packed Null Index_type Comment t1 0 PRIMARY 1 id A 1 NULL NULL BTREE t1 1 st_key 1 st A NULL NULL NULL YES BTREE disabled repair table t1 extended; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t1 repair status OK show keys from t1; Table Non_unique Key_name Seq_in_index Column_name Collation Cardinality Sub_part Packed Null Index_type Comment t1 0 PRIMARY 1 id A 1 NULL NULL BTREE t1 1 st_key 1 st A NULL NULL NULL YES BTREE disabled drop table t1; repair table t1 use_frm; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t1 repair error Table 'test.t1' doesn't exist Warnings: Error 1146 Table 'test.t1' doesn't exist create table t1 engine=myisam SELECT 1,"table 1"; flush tables; repair table t1; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t1 repair error Incorrect file format 't1' Warnings: Error 130 Incorrect file format 't1' repair table t1 use_frm; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t1 repair warning Number of rows changed from 0 to 1 test.t1 repair status OK drop table t1; CREATE TABLE t1(a INT, KEY(a)); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(1),(2),(3),(4),(5); SET myisam_repair_threads=2; REPAIR TABLE t1; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t1 repair status OK SHOW INDEX FROM t1; Table Non_unique Key_name Seq_in_index Column_name Collation Cardinality Sub_part Packed Null Index_type Comment t1 1 a 1 a A 5 NULL NULL YES BTREE SET myisam_repair_threads=@@global.myisam_repair_threads; DROP TABLE t1; CREATE TABLE t1(a INT); USE mysql; REPAIR TABLE test.t1 USE_FRM; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t1 repair status OK USE test; DROP TABLE t1; CREATE TABLE t1(a CHAR(255), KEY(a)); SET myisam_sort_buffer_size=4096; INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'), ('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'), ('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'), ('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'), ('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'), ('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'), ('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'), ('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'), ('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'), ('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'), ('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'), ('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'), ('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'), ('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'), ('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'), ('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'),('0'); SET myisam_repair_threads=2; REPAIR TABLE t1; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t1 repair error sort_buffer_size is to small test.t1 repair warning Number of rows changed from 0 to 157 test.t1 repair status OK SET myisam_repair_threads=@@global.myisam_repair_threads; SET myisam_sort_buffer_size=@@global.myisam_sort_buffer_size; DROP TABLE t1;