# mroonga\_command

## Syntax

```
mroonga_command (command)
```

## Description

`mroonga_command` is a [user-defined function](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/server-usage/user-defined-functions) (UDF) included with the [Mroonga storage engine](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/server-usage/storage-engines/mroonga). It passes a command to Groonga for execution. See [Creating Mroonga User-Defined Functions](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/server-usage/storage-engines/mroonga/mroonga-user-defined-functions/creating-mroonga-user-defined-functions) for details on creating this UDF if required.

* `command` - string, required parameter specifying the command to pass that are executed by Groonga. See [the Groonga reference](https://groonga.org/docs/reference/command.html) for a list of commands.

Returns the result of the Groonga command.

## Example

```sql
SELECT mroonga_command('status');
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| mroonga_command('status')                                                                                                                                                                                      |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| {"alloc_count":593,"starttime":1512022368,"start_time":1512022368,"uptime":13510,"version":"7.0.7","n_queries":0,"cache_hit_rate":0.0,"command_version":1,"default_command_version":1,"max_command_version":3} |
```

## See Also

* [Creating Mroonga User-Defined Functions](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/server-usage/storage-engines/mroonga/mroonga-user-defined-functions/creating-mroonga-user-defined-functions)

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