How to fix MySQL 4119 Illegal or unsupported table option for storage engine?

Remove the unsupported option from the DDL: Identify and remove the conflicting table option from the statement.

4119

MySQLERRORCriticalHIGH confidence

Illegal or unsupported table option for storage engine

Q: How to fix MySQL 4119 Illegal or unsupported table option for storage engine?

Review supported options for the target storage engine: Consult the documentation for the specific storage engine to identify supported CREATE TABLE options.

Production Risk

Low — DDL fails; no data is affected.

Why it happens

1An InnoDB-specific option was used with a non-InnoDB table.
2An option combination that the storage engine does not support was specified.

Fix 1

Review supported options for the target storage engine

Why this works

Consult the documentation for the specific storage engine to identify supported CREATE TABLE options.

Fix 2

Remove the unsupported option from the DDL

Why this works

Identify and remove the conflicting table option from the statement.

What not to do

Sources

Official documentation ↗

MySQL 8.0 — 4119 ER_ILLEGAL_HA_CREATE_OPTION3

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At a glance

PlatformMySQL Error Numbers

Code4119

SeverityERROR

TierCritical

ConfidenceHIGH