What is FRM file in MySQL?

How do I open a FRM file in MySQL?

Mysql workbench is not designed to open . frm files directly to retrieve table information. It can reverse engineer a database structure from DDL script (create table commands) or by connecting to a database on a mysql server (commercial version only).

Where are MySQL FRM files?

frm files to mysql\data\abc wherein mysql\data\ is the place where . myd, . myi, . frm for all databases are stored.

What is FRM and IBD files in MySQL?

FRM file is used by MySQL Server to store table schema and . IBD file is used to store data and indexes of a MySQL database. In the event of accidental deletion of data or MySQL database corruption, you can restore the data from the . FRM and . IBD files.

What is MySQL IBD file?

An IBD file is a MySQL table created by the InnoDB database engine. It contains a table-specific tablespace and index data. IBD files are created when MySQL's innodb_file_per_table option is enabled, which it is by default. MySQL is a popular open-source database management system.