MySQL InnoDB table shows a negative number of rows in phpMyAdmin

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I just converted a MyISAM table to InnoDB with around 1.4 million rows. When I converted it to InnoDB, it now shows -1.4 million rows. The table still works as expected, but why does it shows negative in the rows column?

**Where** do you see the numbers? – Pacerier Apr 09 '15 at 14:45 — Pacerier, Apr 09 '15 at 14:45

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 08 '12 at 03:48

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If you look closely, you'll notice it's not a negative sign, it's a tilde, which means "approximately".

InnoDB tables do not store the exact count of rows in the table, so you are being shown approximately how many rows are in the table.

If you use the COUNT(*) function you can retrieve the exact number of rows.

answered Apr 08 '12 at 03:48

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Wow how did you manage to answer the question with such limited information? – Pacerier Apr 09 '15 at 14:45

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 21 '10 at 21:14

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I think that could be a bug of phpmyadmin ...

What version are you using?

If you do a SELECT COUNT(*) FROM table from MySQL command prompt, what number is displayed?

answered Dec 21 '10 at 21:14

aleroot

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The correct number is shown. I am using MySQL 5.0.91 and phpMyAdmin 3.3.8. – James Simpson Dec 21 '10 at 21:35

MySQL InnoDB table shows a negative number of rows in phpMyAdmin

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