Mysql Event Not Working

Question

I have added the following simple test event on my mysql database via phpmyadmin:

CREATE DEFINER=`root`@`localhost` EVENT `my_event` 
ON SCHEDULE EVERY 1 MINUTE STARTS '2013-05-27 00:00:00' 
ON COMPLETION NOT PRESERVE ENABLE DO 
BEGIN
    UPDATE `test` SET `name`="z";
END

My environment is mac + MAMP Pro. I am expecting to change all rows on my 'test' table with name 'z' within a minute. But not happening so.

Do I have to something additional to get my events start working?

Output of "SHOW PROCESSLIST":

Thanks.

Answer 1

Remember to add in 'Commit', after 'DO BEGIN' or 'DO'. Works for me after that.

Answer 2

If you want your event_scheduler to startup automatically every time mysql server restarts, anywhere under the [mysqld] section of the my.ini or my.cnf file that you find in /etc/mysql you should place

[mysqld]

# turning on event_scheduler  
event_scheduler=ON

restart mysql to check if it is running (in command line terminal!)

sudo service mysql restart

then check your processlist

SHOW PROCESSLIST

you can check if your events are running by checking the last time they ran

SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.events

Answer 3

I would just like to add to this thread. I dumped my database to another server and as a result the definer of my event had no such grant defined for the user. I updated my definer with

ALTER DEFINER='root'@'localhost' EVENT event.name COMMENT '';

Make sure your definer has the correct PRIVILEGES.

Answer 4

For those wondering how to enable it by default at startup, add the following to your config file (my.ini, my.cnf):

#Event scheduler can be set to 1 (On), 0 (Off), or Disabled
event_scheduler=1

Restart of the service is required in this case, so if you want minimal disruption, add this to the config file, and then run the SQL:

SET GLOBAL event_scheduler = ON;

That way, it will run for the current process, and if the server is restarted it will still work.

Note that this doesn't work if the event_scheduler was set to disabled. In that case the only option is to restart the service.

Answer 5

I just figured out that on MariaDB, after adding an event (in my case, it was the first one), you have to restart the event-scheduler

 SET GLOBAL event_scheduler = OFF;

and then

 SET GLOBAL event_scheduler = ON;

to make it actually bring the scheduler into "waiting for activation"-state.

Answer 6

Temporal

SET GLOBAL event_scheduler = ON;

Will not work if event_scheduler is explicitly DISABLED, see the method below

Permanent (needs restart)

In your config file (In Ubuntu it's /etc/mysql/mysql.cnf):

[mysqld]
event_scheduler = ON

Notes:

The event_scheduler variable can have this possible states:

• OFF (or 0) (default)
• ON (or 1)
• DISABLED: you cannot use the temporal enabling, you can only change state through the config file and restarting the server

WARNING: Keywords ON / OFF are preferred over their numerical equivalents. And in fact Mysql Workbench doesn't recognize the configuration event_scheduler=1, it shows as OFF in the Options File section. Tested in Ubuntu with Mysql Workbench 8.0.17 and Mysql Server 5.7.27

Although ON and OFF have numeric equivalents, the value displayed for event_scheduler by SELECT or SHOW VARIABLES is always one of OFF, ON, or DISABLED. DISABLED has no numeric equivalent. For this reason, ON and OFF are usually preferred over 1 and 0 when setting this variable.

Source: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/events-configuration.html