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mysql_rake_tasks
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A collection of rails rake tasks for mysql
gem 'mysql_rake_tasks', '~> 0.1.0'
bundle install
To create mysql users in interactive mode run:
rake db:mysql:create_users mysql user: root mysql pass:
You can also specify your root username and password on the command line:
rake db:mysel:create_users[root,mypassword]
To display database stats:
rake db:mysql:stats +--------------------------------+---------------+-----------+----------+------------+ | Table Name | Rows | Data Size | IDX Size | Total Size | +--------------------------------+---------------+-----------+----------+------------+ | fish | 1.41 Million | 93.6 MB | 41.1 MB | 135 MB | | birds | 0 | 16 KB | 0 Bytes | 16 KB | | cats | 14 | 16 KB | 0 Bytes | 16 KB | | schema_migrations | 7 | 16 KB | 0 Bytes | 16 KB | | users | 5 | 16 KB | 32 KB | 48 KB | +--------------------------------+---------------+-----------+----------+------------+ | | 135 MB | +--------------------------------+---------------+-----------+----------+------------+ Database: mydb_development MySQL Server Version: 5.1.58
MIT
Author: Gregory Ostermayr gregory.ostermayr@gmail.com
Contributed code and/or ideas:
Kevin Woods
Travis Herrick
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We found that mysql_rake_tasks demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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