MySQL Reference Manual for version 3.23.6-alpha.

1 General Information about MySQL
- 1.1 What is MySQL?
- 1.2 About this manual
  - 1.2.1 Conventions used in this manual
- 1.3 History of MySQL
- 1.4 The main features of MySQL
- 1.5 How stable is MySQL?
- 1.6 Year 2000 compliance
- 1.7 General SQL information and tutorials
- 1.8 Useful MySQL-related links
2 MySQL mailing lists and how to ask questions or report errors (bugs)
- 2.1 The MySQL mailing lists
- 2.2 Asking questions or reporting bugs
- 2.3 How to report bugs or problems
- 2.4 Guidelines for answering questions on the mailing list
3 MySQL licensing and support
- 3.1 MySQL licensing policy
- 3.2 Copyrights used by MySQL
  - 3.2.1 Possible future copyright changes
- 3.3 Distributing MySQL commercially
- 3.4 Example licensing situations
- 3.5 MySQL licensing and support costs
  - 3.5.1 Payment information
  - 3.5.2 Contact information
- 3.6 Types of commercial support
4 Installing MySQL
- 4.1 How to get MySQL
- 4.2 Operating systems supported by MySQL
- 4.3 Which MySQL version to use
- 4.4 How and when updates are released
- 4.5 Installation layouts
- 4.6 Installing a MySQL binary distribution
- 4.7 Installing a MySQL source distribution
- 4.8 Problems compiling?
- 4.9 MIT-pthreads notes
- 4.10 Perl installation comments
- 4.11 System-specific issues
- 4.12 Win32 notes
- 4.13 OS/2 notes
- 4.14 TcX binaries
- 4.15 Post-installation setup and testing
- 4.16 Is there anything special to do when upgrading/downgrading MySQL?
5 How standards-compatible is MySQL?
- 5.1 MySQL extensions to ANSI SQL92
- 5.2 Runnning MySQL in ANSI mode
- 5.3 MySQL differences compared to ANSI SQL92
- 5.4 Functionality missing from MySQL
- 5.5 What standards does MySQL follow?
- 5.6 How to cope without COMMIT/ROLLBACK
6 The MySQL access privilege system
- 6.1 What the privilege system does
- 6.2 MySQL user names and passwords
- 6.3 Connecting to the MySQL server
- 6.4 Keeping your password secure
- 6.5 Privileges provided by MySQL
- 6.6 How the privilege system works
- 6.7 Access control, stage 1: Connection verification
- 6.8 Access control, stage 2: Request verification
- 6.9 When privilege changes take effect
- 6.10 Setting up the initial MySQL privileges
- 6.11 Adding new user privileges to MySQL
- 6.12 How to set up passwords
- 6.13 Causes of Access denied errors
- 6.14 How to make MySQL secure against crackers
7 MySQL language reference
- 7.1 Literals: how to write strings and numbers
  - 7.1.1 Strings
  - 7.1.2 Numbers
  - 7.1.3 Hexadecimal values
  - 7.1.4 NULL values
  - 7.1.5 Database, table, index, column and alias names
    - 7.1.5.1 Case sensitivity in names
- 7.2 User variables
- 7.3 Column types
  - 7.3.1 Column type storage requirements
  - 7.3.5 Numeric types
  - 7.3.6 Date and time types
  - 7.3.7 String types
  - 7.3.8 Choosing the right type for a column
  - 7.3.9 Column indexes
  - 7.3.10 Multiple-column indexes
  - 7.3.11 Using column types from other database engines
- 7.4 Functions for use in SELECT and WHERE clauses
  - 7.4.1 Grouping functions
  - 7.4.2 Normal arithmetic operations
  - 7.4.3 Bit functions
  - 7.4.4 Logical operations
  - 7.4.5 Comparison operators
  - 7.4.6 String comparison functions
  - 7.4.7 Cast operators
  - 7.4.8 Control flow functions
  - 7.4.9 Mathematical functions
  - 7.4.10 String functions
  - 7.4.11 Date and time functions
  - 7.4.12 Miscellaneous functions
  - 7.4.13 Functions for use with GROUP BY clauses
- 7.5 CREATE DATABASE syntax
- 7.6 DROP DATABASE syntax
- 7.7 CREATE TABLE syntax
  - 7.7.1 Silent column specification changes
- 7.8 ALTER TABLE syntax
- 7.9 OPTIMIZE TABLE syntax
- 7.10 DROP TABLE syntax
- 7.11 DELETE syntax
- 7.12 SELECT syntax
- 7.13 JOIN syntax
- 7.14 INSERT syntax
- 7.15 REPLACE syntax
- 7.16 LOAD DATA INFILE syntax
- 7.17 UPDATE syntax
- 7.18 USE syntax
- 7.19 FLUSH syntax (clearing caches)
- 7.20 KILL syntax
- 7.21 SHOW syntax (Get information about tables, columns,...)
- 7.22 EXPLAIN syntax (Get information about a SELECT)
- 7.23 DESCRIBE syntax (Get information about columns)
- 7.24 LOCK TABLES/UNLOCK TABLES syntax
- 7.25 SET OPTION syntax
- 7.26 GRANT and REVOKE syntax
- 7.27 CREATE INDEX syntax
- 7.28 DROP INDEX syntax
- 7.29 Comment syntax
- 7.30 CREATE FUNCTION/DROP FUNCTION syntax
- 7.31 Is MySQL picky about reserved words?
8 MySQL Tutorial
- 8.1 Connecting to and disconnecting from the server
- 8.2 Entering queries
- 8.3 Examples of common queries
- 8.4 Creating and using a database
- 8.5 Getting information about databases and tables
- 8.6 Using mysql in batch mode
- 8.7 Queries from twin project
  - 8.7.1 Find all non-distributed twins
  - 8.7.2 Show a table on twin pair status
9 MySQL server functions
- 9.1 What languages are supported by MySQL?
- 9.2 The update log
- 9.3 How big MySQL tables can be
- 9.4 MySQL table types
10 Getting maximum performance from MySQL
- 10.1 Optimization overview
- 10.2 System/Compile time and startup parameter tuning
- 10.3 Get your data as small as possible
- 10.4 MySQL index use
- 10.5 Speed of querys that access or update data
- 10.6 Choosing a table type
- 10.7 Other optimization tips
- 10.8 Using your own benchmarks
- 10.9 Design choices
- 10.10 MySQL design limitations/tradeoffs
- 10.11 Portability
- 10.12 What have we used MySQL for?
11 The MySQL benchmark suite
12 MySQL Utilites
- 12.1 Overview of the different MySQL programs
- 12.2 Administering a MySQL server
- 12.3 Dumping the structure and data from MySQL databases and tables
- 12.4 Importing data from text files
- 12.5 The MySQL compressed read-only table generator
13 Maintaining a MySQL installation
- 13.1 Using myisamchk for table maintenance and crash recovery
  - 13.1.1 myisamchk invocation syntax
  - 13.1.2 myisamchk memory usage
- 13.2 Setting up a table maintenance regimen
- 13.3 Getting information about a table
- 13.4 Using myisamchk for crash recovery
- 13.5 Log file maintenance
14 Adding new functions to MySQL
- 14.1 Adding a new user-definable function
- 14.2 Adding a new native function
15 Adding new procedures to MySQL
- 15.1 Procedure analyse
- 15.2 Writing a procedure.
16 MySQL ODBC Support
- 16.1 Operating systems supported by MyODBC
- 16.2 How to report problems with MyODBC
- 16.3 Programs known to work with MyODBC
- 16.4 How to fill in the various fields in the ODBC administrator program
- 16.5 How to get the value of an AUTO_INCREMENT column in ODBC
- 16.6 Reporting problems with MyODBC
17 Using MySQL with some common programs
- 17.1 Using MySQL with Apache
18 Problems and common errors
- 18.1 What to do if MySQL keeps crashing
- 18.2 Some common errors when using MySQL
  - 18.2.1 MySQL server has gone away error
  - 18.2.2 Can't connect to [local] MySQL server error
  - 18.2.3 Host '...' is blocked error
  - 18.2.4 Out of memory error
  - 18.2.5 Packet too large error
  - 18.2.6 The table is full error
  - 18.2.7 Commands out of sync error in client
  - 18.2.8 Ignoring user error
  - 18.2.9 Table 'xxx' doesn't exist error
- 18.3 How MySQL handles a full disk
- 18.4 How to run SQL commands from a text file
- 18.5 Where MySQL stores temporary files
- 18.6 How to protect `/tmp/mysql.sock' from being deleted
- 18.7 Access denied error
- 18.8 How to run MySQL as a normal user
- 18.9 How to reset a forgotten password.
- 18.10 Problems with file permissions
- 18.11 File not found
- 18.12 Problems using DATE columns
- 18.13 Timezone problems
- 18.14 Case sensitivity in searches
- 18.15 Problems with NULL values
- 18.16 Problems with alias
- 18.17 Deleting rows from related tables
- 18.18 Solving problems with no matching rows
- 18.19 Problems with ALTER TABLE.
- 18.20 How to change the order of columns in a table
19 Solving some common problems with MySQL
- 19.1 Database replication
- 19.2 Database backups
- 19.3 Running multiple MySQL servers on the same machine
20 MySQL client tools and APIs
- 20.1 MySQL C API
- 20.2 C API datatypes
- 20.3 C API function overview
- 20.4 C API function descriptions
- 20.5 MySQL Perl API
- 20.6 MySQL Eiffel wrapper
- 20.7 MySQL Java connectivity (JDBC)
- 20.8 MySQL PHP API
- 20.9 MySQL C++ APIs
- 20.10 MySQL Python APIs
- 20.11 MySQL TCL APIs
21 How MySQL compares to other databases
- 21.1 How MySQL compares to mSQL
- 21.2 How MySQL compares to PostgreSQL
A Some MySQL users
- A.1 General news sites
- A.2 Some Web search engines
- A.3 Some Information search engines concentrated on some area
- A.4 Web sites the use MySQL as a backed
- A.5 Some Domain/Internet/Web and related services
- A.6 Web sites that use PHP and MySQL
- A.7 Some MySQL consultants
- A.8 Programming
- A.9 Uncategorized pages
B Contributed programs
- B.1 API's
- B.2 Clients
- B.3 Web tools
- B.4 Authentication tools
- B.5 Converters
- B.6 Using MySQL with other products
- B.7 Useful tools
- B.8 Uncategorized
C Contributors to MySQL
D MySQL change history
- D.1 Changes in release 3.23.x (Released as alpha)
- D.2 Changes in release 3.22.x
- D.3 Changes in release 3.21.x
- 21.3 Changes in release 3.20.x
- D.4 Changes in release 3.19.x
E Known errors and design deficiencies in MySQL
F List of things we want to add to MySQL in the future (The TODO)
- F.1 Things that must done in the real near future
- F.2 Things that have to be done sometime
- F.3 Some things we don't have any plans to do
G Comments on porting to other systems
- G.1 Debugging a MySQL server
- G.2 Debugging a MySQL client
- G.3 Comments about RTS threads
- G.4 Differences between different thread packages
H Description of MySQL regular expression syntax
I What is Unireg?
J The MySQL server license for non Microsoft operating systems
K The MySQL license for Microsoft operating systems
SQL command, type and function index
Concept Index

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