5.3. Server variables

Here are the explanations of server variables that are introduced by Mroonga.

5.3.1. mroonga_action_on_fulltext_query_error

The default behavior of fulltext query error.

The default value of mroonga_action_on_fulltext_query_error is ERROR_AND_LOG. This is the conventional behavior which is equal to old version of mroonga.

Here is the list of mroonga_action_on_fulltext_query_error which you can use.

Value

Description

ERROR

Report an error. Logging is disabled.

ERROR_AND_LOG

Report an error. Logging is enabled. (This is the default)

IGNORE

Just ignore an error. Logging is disabled.

IGNORE_AND_LOG

Ignore an error, but logging is enabled. (Similar to InnoDB behavior)

Here is an example SQL to confirm the value of mroonga_action_on_fulltext_query_error:

mysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'mroonga_action_on_fulltext_query_error';
+----------------------------------------+---------------+
| Variable_name                          | Value         |
+----------------------------------------+---------------+
| mroonga_action_on_fulltext_query_error | ERROR_AND_LOG |
+----------------------------------------+---------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

5.3.2. mroonga_boolean_mode_syntax_flags

The flags to custom syntax in MATCH () AGAINST ('...' IN BOOLEAN MODE).

This variable is system and session variable.

Here are available flags:

Flag

Description

DEFAULT

Equals to SYNTAX_QUERY,ALLOW_LEADING_NOT.

SYNTAX_QUERY

Uses query syntax in Groonga. Query syntax in Groonga is a compatible syntax with MySQL’s BOOLEAM MODE syntax.

If neither SYNTAX_QUERY nor SYNTAX_SCRIPT aren’t specified, SYNTAX_QUERY is used.

SYNTAX_SCRIPT

Uses script syntax in Groonga.

It’s JavaScript like syntax. You can use full Groonga features with this syntax.

If both SYNTAX_QUERY and SYNTAX_SCRIPT are specified, SYNTAX_SCRIPT is used.

ALLOW_COLUMN

Allows COLUMN:... syntax in query syntax. It’s not compatible with MySQL’s BOOLEAM MODE syntax.

You can use multiple indexes in one MATCH () AGAINST () with this syntax. MySQL can use only one index in a query. You can avoid the restriction by this syntax.

You can use not only full-text search operation but also other more operations such as equal operation and prefix search operation with this syntax.

See query syntax in Groonga for details.

ALLOW_UPDATE

Allows updating value by COLUMN:=NEW_VALUE syntax in query syntax.

ALLOW_LEADING_NOT

Allows -NOT_INCLUDED_KEYWORD ... syntax in query syntax.

The default flags is DEFAULT. It is MySQL’s BOOLEAN MODE compatible syntax.

You can combine flags by separated by comma such as SYNTAX_QUERY,ALLOW_LEADING_NOT.

Here is an example SQL to use script syntax in Groonga:

mysql> SET mroonga_boolean_mode_syntax_flags = "SYNTAX_SCRIPT";

5.3.3. mroonga_database_path_prefix

TODO:

5.3.4. mroonga_default_parser

Deprecated since version 5.04: Use mroonga_default_tokenizer instead.

The default parser of the full text search. The default value can be specified by --with-default-parser=PARSER configure argument, whose default value is TokenBigram.

Here is an example to use TokenBigramSplitSymbolAlphaDigit as a fulltext search parser. It is used by body_index fulltext index.

1SET GLOBAL mroonga_default_parser=TokenBigramSplitSymbolAlphaDigit;
2CREATE TABLE diaries (
3  id INT PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT,
4  body TEXT,
5  FULLTEXT INDEX body_index (body)
6) DEFAULT CHARSET UTF8;

5.3.5. mroonga_default_tokenizer

New in version 5.04.

The default tokenizer of the full text search. The default value can be specified by --with-default-tokenizer=TOKENIZER configure argument, whose default value is TokenBigram.

Here is an example to use TokenBigramSplitSymbolAlphaDigit as a fulltext index tokenizer. It is used by body_index fulltext index.

1SET GLOBAL mroonga_default_tokenizer=TokenBigramSplitSymbolAlphaDigit;
2CREATE TABLE diaries (
3  id INT PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT,
4  body TEXT,
5  FULLTEXT INDEX body_index (body)
6) DEFAULT CHARSET UTF8;

5.3.6. mroonga_default_wrapper_engine

TODO:

5.3.7. mroonga_dry_write

Whether really write data to Groonga database or not. The default value is OFF that means data are really written to Groonga database. Usually we don’t need to change the value of this variable. This variable is useful for benchmark because we can measure processing time MySQL and Mroonga. It doesn’t include Groonga’s processing time.

Here is an example SQL to disable writing data to Groonga database:

mysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'mroonga_dry_write';
+-------------------+-------+
| Variable_name     | Value |
+-------------------+-------+
| mroonga_dry_write | OFF   |
+-------------------+-------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> SET mroonga_dry_write = true;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'mroonga_dry_write';
+-------------------+-------+
| Variable_name     | Value |
+-------------------+-------+
| mroonga_dry_write | ON    |
+-------------------+-------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

5.3.8. mroonga_enable_optimization

Whether enable optimization or not. The default value is ON that means optimization is enabled. Usually we don’t need to change the value of this variable. This variable is useful for benchmark.

Here is an example SQL to disable optimization:

mysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'mroonga_enable_optimization';
+-----------------------------+-------+
| Variable_name               | Value |
+-----------------------------+-------+
| mroonga_enable_optimization | ON    |
+-----------------------------+-------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> SET mroonga_enable_optimization = false;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'mroonga_enable_optimization';
+-----------------------------+-------+
| Variable_name               | Value |
+-----------------------------+-------+
| mroonga_enable_optimization | OFF   |
+-----------------------------+-------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

5.3.9. mroonga_libgroonga_support_lz4

The status of libgroonga supports LZ4.

Here is an example SQL to confirm the status of libgroonga supports LZ4:

mysql> SHOW GLOBAL VARIABLES LIKE 'mroonga_libgroonga_support_lz4';
+--------------------------------+-------+
| Variable_name                  | Value |
+--------------------------------+-------+
| mroonga_libgroonga_support_lz4 | ON    |
+--------------------------------+-------+

5.3.10. mroonga_libgroonga_support_zlib

The status of libgroonga supports zlib.

Here is an example SQL to confirm the status of libgroonga supports zlib:

mysql> SHOW GLOBAL VARIABLES LIKE 'mroonga_libgroonga_support_zlib';
+---------------------------------+-------+
| Variable_name                   | Value |
+---------------------------------+-------+
| mroonga_libgroonga_support_zlib | ON    |
+---------------------------------+-------+

5.3.11. mroonga_libgroonga_support_zstd

The status of libgroonga supports Zstandard.

Here is an example SQL to confirm the status of libgroonga supports Zstandard:

mysql> SHOW GLOBAL VARIABLES LIKE 'mroonga_libgroonga_support_zstd';
+---------------------------------+-------+
| Variable_name                   | Value |
+---------------------------------+-------+
| mroonga_libgroonga_support_zstd | ON    |
+---------------------------------+-------+

5.3.12. mroonga_libgroonga_support_mecab

The status of libgroonga supports MeCab.

Here is an example SQL to confirm the status of libgroonga supports MeCab.

mysql> SHOW GLOBAL VARIABLES LIKE 'mroonga_libgroonga_support_mecab';
+----------------------------------+-------+
| Variable_name                    | Value |
+----------------------------------+-------+
| mroonga_libgroonga_support_mecab | ON    |
+----------------------------------+-------+

5.3.13. mroonga_libgroonga_version

The version string of the groonga library.

Here is an example SQL to confirm the using groonga library version:

mysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'mroonga_libgroonga_version';
+----------------------------+------------------+
| Variable_name              | Value            |
+----------------------------+------------------+
| mroonga_libgroonga_version | 1.2.8-9-gbf05b82 |
+----------------------------+------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

5.3.14. mroonga_lock_timeout

TODO:

5.3.15. mroonga_log_file

The path of the log file of Mroonga. The default value is groonga.log.

Here is an example transcript to change log file to /tmp/mroonga.log:

mysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'mroonga_log_file';
+------------------+-------------+
| Variable_name    | Value       |
+------------------+-------------+
| mroonga_log_file | groonga.log |
+------------------+-------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> SET GLOBAL mroonga_log_file = "/tmp/mroonga.log";
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'mroonga_log_file';
+------------------+------------------+
| Variable_name    | Value            |
+------------------+------------------+
| mroonga_log_file | /tmp/mroonga.log |
+------------------+------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

5.3.16. mroonga_log_level

The output level of Mroonga log file. The default value is NOTICE.

Here is the list of mroonga_log_level which you can use.

Log level

Description

NONE

No logging output.

EMERG

Logging emergency messages such as database corruption.

ALERT

Logging alert messages such as internal error.

CRIT

Logging critical message such as deadlock.

ERROR

Logging error messages such as API error which Mroonga use.

WARNING

Logging warning messages such as invalid argument.

NOTICE

Logging notice messages such as configuration or status changed.

INFO

Logging informative messages such as file system operation.

DEBUG

Logging debug messages.

Recommend to use for Mroonga developer or bug reporter.

DUMP

Logging dump messages.

Here is an example transcript to change log level to DEBUG that logs many messages for debugging:

mysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'mroonga_log_level';
+-------------------+--------+
| Variable_name     | Value  |
+-------------------+--------+
| mroonga_log_level | NOTICE |
+-------------------+--------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> SET GLOBAL mroonga_log_level = "debug";
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'mroonga_log_level';
+-------------------+-------+
| Variable_name     | Value |
+-------------------+-------+
| mroonga_log_level | DEBUG |
+-------------------+-------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

5.3.17. mroonga_query_log_file

The path of the query log file of Mroonga. The default value is empty.

If this value is empty, the query log is not stored to file. If this value is not empty, query log is stored to the specified file.

Here is an example transcript to change query log file to /tmp/mroonga_query.log:

mysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'mroonga_query_log_file';
+------------------------+-------+
| Variable_name          | Value |
+------------------------+-------+
| mroonga_query_log_file |       |
+------------------------+-------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> SET GLOBAL mroonga_query_log_file = "/tmp/mroonga.log";
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'mroonga_query_log_file';
+------------------------+------------------+
| Variable_name          | Value            |
+------------------------+------------------+
| mroonga_query_log_file | /tmp/mroonga.log |
+------------------------+------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

5.3.18. mroonga_match_escalation_threshold

The threshold to determin whether match method is escalated. See search specification for Groonga about match method escalation.

The default value is the same as Groonga’s default value. It’s 0 for the default installation. The dafault value can be configured in my.cnf or by SET GLOBAL mroonga_match_escalation_threshold = THRESHOLD;. Because this variable’s scope is both global and session.

Here is an example to use -1 as a threshold to determin whether match method is escalated. -1 means that never escalated.

1SET GLOBAL mroonga_match_escalation_threshold = -1;

Here is an another example to show behavior change by the variable value.

 1CREATE TABLE diaries (
 2  id INT PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT,
 3  title TEXT,
 4  tags TEXT,
 5  FULLTEXT INDEX tags_index (tags) COMMENT 'tokenizer "TokenDelimit"'
 6) ENGINE=mroonga DEFAULT CHARSET=UTF8;
 7
 8-- Test data
 9INSERT INTO diaries (title, tags) VALUES ("Hello groonga!", "groonga install");
10INSERT INTO diaries (title, tags) VALUES ("Hello mroonga!", "mroonga install");
11
12-- Matches all records that have "install" tag.
13SELECT * FROM diaries WHERE MATCH (tags) AGAINST ("install" IN BOOLEAN MODE);
14-- id        title   tags
15-- 1 Hello groonga!  groonga install
16-- 2 Hello mroonga!  mroonga install
17
18-- Matches no records by "gr" tag search because no "gr" tag is used.
19-- But matches a record that has "groonga" tag because search
20-- method is escalated and prefix search with "gr" is used.
21-- The default threshold is 0. It means that no records are matched then
22-- search method is escalated.
23SELECT * FROM diaries WHERE MATCH (tags) AGAINST ("gr" IN BOOLEAN MODE);
24-- id        title   tags
25-- 1 Hello groonga!  groonga install
26
27-- Disables escalation.
28SET mroonga_match_escalation_threshold = -1;
29-- No records are matched.
30SELECT * FROM diaries WHERE MATCH (tags) AGAINST ("gr" IN BOOLEAN MODE);
31-- id        title   tags
32
33-- Enables escalation again.
34SET mroonga_match_escalation_threshold = 0;
35-- Matches a record by prefix search with "gr".
36SELECT * FROM diaries WHERE MATCH (tags) AGAINST ("gr" IN BOOLEAN MODE);
37-- id        title   tags
38-- 1 Hello groonga!  groonga install

5.3.19. mroonga_max_n_records_for_estimate

New in version 5.02.

TODO:

5.3.20. mroonga_enable_operations_recording

Whether recording operations for recover is enabled or not. The default value is OFF that means operations are not recorded to Groonga database. It needs to reopen the database with FLUSH TABLES in order to reflect the variable is changed.

Here is an example SQL to disable operations recording:

mysql> SET GLOBAL mroonga_enable_operations_recording = false;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> FLUSH TABLES;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> SHOW GLOBAL VARIABLES LIKE 'mroonga_enable_operations_recording';
+-------------------------------------+-------+
| Variable_name                       | Value |
+-------------------------------------+-------+
| mroonga_enable_operations_recording | OFF   |
+-------------------------------------+-------+

5.3.21. mroonga_vector_column_delimiter

The delimiter when outputting a vector column. The default value is a white space.

Here is an example SQL to change the delimiter to a semicolon from a white space:

mysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'mroonga_vector_column_delimiter';
+---------------------------------+-------+
| Variable_name                   | Value |
+---------------------------------+-------+
| mroonga_vector_column_delimiter |       |
+---------------------------------+-------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)


mysql> SET GLOBAL mroonga_vector_column_delimiter = ';';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> SHOW GLOBAL VARIABLES LIKE 'mroonga_vector_column_delimiter';
+---------------------------------+-------+
| Variable_name                   | Value |
+---------------------------------+-------+
| mroonga_vector_column_delimiter | ;     |
+---------------------------------+-------+

5.3.22. mroonga_version

The version string of Mroonga.

Here is an example SQL to confirm the running mroonga version:

mysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'mroonga_version';
+-----------------+-------+
| Variable_name   | Value |
+-----------------+-------+
| mroonga_version | 1.10  |
+-----------------+-------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

5.3.23. mroonga_condition_push_down_type

New in version 7.10.

It controls how to enable condition push down support.

The default value is ONE_FULL_TEXT_SEARCH. It means that condition push down is enabled only when WHERE clause has one MATCH AGAINST condition.

Here are available values:

Value

Description

NONE

Never use condition push down.

ALL

Always use condition push down. It’s experimental for now.

ONE_FULL_TEXT_SEARCH

Use condition push down only when one MATCH AGAINST condition exists in WHERE.

It’s the default.

Here is an example SQL to confirm the current value:

mysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'mroonga_condition_push_down_type';
+----------------------------------+----------------------+
| Variable_name                    | Value                |
+----------------------------------+----------------------+
| mroonga_condition_push_down_type | ONE_FULL_TEXT_SEARCH |
+----------------------------------+----------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)