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Abstract
This is the MySQL Reference Manual. It documents MySQL 5.0 through 5.0.46.
This manual is for MySQL Enterprise Server, our commercial offering, and for MySQL Community Server. Sections that do not apply for MySQL Enterprise Server users are marked:
This section does not apply to MySQL Enterprise Server users.
Sections that do not apply to MySQL Community Server users are marked:
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Document generated on: 2007-10-12 (revision: 8068)
Table of Contents
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Packages on Other
Unix-Like SystemsAUTO_INCREMENT
Access denied
ErrorsSELECT
and Other StatementsEXPLAIN
SELECT
QueriesWHERE
Clause OptimizationIS NULL
OptimizationLEFT JOIN
and RIGHT JOIN
OptimizationORDER BY
OptimizationGROUP BY
OptimizationDISTINCT
OptimizationIN
/=ANY
SubqueriesLIMIT
OptimizationINSERT
StatementsUPDATE
StatementsDELETE
StatementsMyISAM
Key CacheMyISAM
Index Statistics CollectionGROUP BY
ClausesMyISAM
Storage EngineInnoDB
Storage EngineInnoDB
OverviewInnoDB
Contact InformationInnoDB
ConfigurationInnoDB
Startup Options and System VariablesInnoDB
TablespaceInnoDB
TablesInnoDB
Data and Log FilesInnoDB
DatabaseInnoDB
Database to Another MachineInnoDB
Transaction Model and LockingInnoDB
Performance Tuning TipsInnoDB
Table and Index StructuresInnoDB
File Space Management and Disk I/OInnoDB
Error HandlingInnoDB
TablesInnoDB
TroubleshootingMERGE
Storage EngineMEMORY
(HEAP
) Storage EngineBDB
(BerkeleyDB
) Storage
EngineEXAMPLE
Storage EngineFEDERATED
Storage EngineARCHIVE
Storage EngineCSV
Storage EngineBLACKHOLE
Storage EngineGeometry
Point
Curve
LineString
Surface
Polygon
GeometryCollection
MultiPoint
MultiCurve
MultiLineString
MultiSurface
MultiPolygon
Geometry
FunctionsCREATE PROCEDURE
and CREATE
FUNCTION
SyntaxALTER PROCEDURE
and ALTER FUNCTION
SyntaxDROP PROCEDURE
and DROP FUNCTION
SyntaxCALL
Statement SyntaxBEGIN ... END
Compound Statement SyntaxDECLARE
Statement SyntaxLAST_INSERT_ID()
INFORMATION_SCHEMA
DatabaseINFORMATION_SCHEMA SCHEMATA
TableINFORMATION_SCHEMA TABLES
TableINFORMATION_SCHEMA COLUMNS
TableINFORMATION_SCHEMA STATISTICS
TableINFORMATION_SCHEMA USER_PRIVILEGES
TableINFORMATION_SCHEMA SCHEMA_PRIVILEGES
TableINFORMATION_SCHEMA TABLE_PRIVILEGES
TableINFORMATION_SCHEMA COLUMN_PRIVILEGES
TableINFORMATION_SCHEMA CHARACTER_SETS
TableINFORMATION_SCHEMA COLLATIONS
TableINFORMATION_SCHEMA
COLLATION_CHARACTER_SET_APPLICABILITY
TableINFORMATION_SCHEMA TABLE_CONSTRAINTS
TableINFORMATION_SCHEMA KEY_COLUMN_USAGE
TableINFORMATION_SCHEMA ROUTINES
TableINFORMATION_SCHEMA VIEWS
TableINFORMATION_SCHEMA TRIGGERS
TableINFORMATION_SCHEMA PROFILING
TableINFORMATION_SCHEMA
TablesSHOW
Statementsconnect_server()
read_handshake()
read_auth()
read_auth_result()
read_query()
read_query_result()
INFORMATION_SCHEMA
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Examples
DriverManager
SELECT
queryConnection.prepareCall()
CallableStatement
input parametersAUTO_INCREMENT
column values using
Statement.getGeneratedKeys()
AUTO_INCREMENT
column values using
SELECT LAST_INSERT_ID()
AUTO_INCREMENT
column values in
Updatable ResultSets