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Abstract
This is the MySQL Reference Manual. It documents MySQL
5.1 through 5.1.32. This manual also
includes specific information on the Maria
storage engine.
MySQL 5.1 with Maria does not include support
for MySQL Cluster; for information about MySQL Cluster, please
see MySQL Cluster NDB 6.X/7.X.
MySQL 5.1 Features — This manual describes features that are not included in every edition of MySQL 5.1 and such features may not be included in the edition of MySQL 5.1 licensed to you. If you have any questions about the features included in your edition of MySQL 5.1, refer to your MySQL 5.1 license agreement or contact your Sun Microsystems sales representative."
Document generated on: 2009-09-17 (revision: 16644)
Table of Contents [+/-]
tar.gz Packages on Other
Unix-Like SystemsAUTO_INCREMENTSELECT and Other Statements [+/-]EXPLAINSELECT QueriesWHERE Clause OptimizationIS NULL OptimizationLEFT JOIN and RIGHT JOIN
OptimizationORDER BY OptimizationGROUP BY OptimizationDISTINCT OptimizationIN/=ANY SubqueriesLIMIT Optimizationoptimizer_switch to Control the
OptimizerINFORMATION_SCHEMA OptimizationINSERT StatementsUPDATE StatementsDELETE StatementsMyISAM Key CacheMyISAM Index Statistics CollectionGROUP BY Clauses [+/-]ALTER DATABASE SyntaxALTER EVENT SyntaxALTER LOGFILE GROUP SyntaxALTER FUNCTION SyntaxALTER PROCEDURE SyntaxALTER SERVER SyntaxALTER TABLE SyntaxALTER TABLESPACE SyntaxALTER VIEW SyntaxCREATE DATABASE SyntaxCREATE EVENT SyntaxCREATE FUNCTION SyntaxCREATE INDEX SyntaxCREATE LOGFILE GROUP SyntaxCREATE PROCEDURE and
CREATE FUNCTION SyntaxCREATE SERVER SyntaxCREATE TABLE SyntaxCREATE TABLESPACE SyntaxCREATE TRIGGER SyntaxCREATE VIEW SyntaxDROP DATABASE SyntaxDROP EVENT SyntaxDROP FUNCTION SyntaxDROP INDEX SyntaxDROP LOGFILE GROUP SyntaxDROP PROCEDURE and
DROP FUNCTION SyntaxDROP SERVER SyntaxDROP TABLE SyntaxDROP TABLESPACE SyntaxDROP TRIGGER SyntaxDROP VIEW SyntaxRENAME DATABASE SyntaxRENAME TABLE SyntaxSTART TRANSACTION,
COMMIT, and
ROLLBACK SyntaxSAVEPOINT and
ROLLBACK TO
SAVEPOINT SyntaxLOCK TABLES and
UNLOCK
TABLES SyntaxSET TRANSACTION SyntaxMyISAM Storage Engine [+/-]Maria Storage Engine [+/-]InnoDB Storage Engine [+/-]InnoDB Contact InformationInnoDB ConfigurationInnoDB Startup Options and System VariablesInnoDB TablesInnoDB Data and Log
FilesInnoDB DatabaseInnoDB Database to Another MachineInnoDB Transaction Model and LockingInnoDB Multi-VersioningInnoDB Table and Index StructuresInnoDB Disk I/O and File Space ManagementInnoDB Error HandlingInnoDB Performance Tuning and TroubleshootingInnoDB TablesMERGE Storage Engine [+/-]MEMORY (HEAP) Storage EngineEXAMPLE Storage EngineFEDERATED Storage Engine [+/-]ARCHIVE Storage EngineCSV Storage Engine [+/-]BLACKHOLE Storage EngineINFORMATION_SCHEMA Tables [+/-]INFORMATION_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 PLUGINS TableINFORMATION_SCHEMA ENGINES TableINFORMATION_SCHEMA PARTITIONS TableINFORMATION_SCHEMA EVENTS TableINFORMATION_SCHEMA FILES TableINFORMATION_SCHEMA PROCESSLIST TableINFORMATION_SCHEMA REFERENTIAL_CONSTRAINTS TableINFORMATION_SCHEMA GLOBAL_STATUS and
SESSION_STATUS
TablesINFORMATION_SCHEMA GLOBAL_VARIABLES and
SESSION_VARIABLES
TablesINFORMATION_SCHEMA PROFILING TableINFORMATION_SCHEMA TablesSHOW StatementsCALL
StatementsINFORMATION_SCHEMAList of Figures [+/-]
FEDERATED Table Structure
List of Tables [+/-]
configure)
Reference
mysqld_safe Command-line
Options
mysql Options
mysqladmin Options
mysqlcheck Options
mysqldump Options
mysqlimport Options
mysqlshow Options
mysqlslap Options
myisamchk Options
mysqlaccess Options
mysqlbinlog Options
mysqldumpslow Options
mysqlhotcopy Options
GROUP BY)
Functions
MyISAM Storage Engine
Features
InnoDB Storage Engine
Features
InnoDB Option/Variable
Reference
MEMORY Storage Engine
Features
ARCHIVE Storage Engine
Features
List of Examples [+/-]
DriverManager
SELECT query
Connection.prepareCall()
CallableStatement input
parameters
AUTO_INCREMENT column values
using Statement.getGeneratedKeys()
AUTO_INCREMENT column values
using SELECT LAST_INSERT_ID()
AUTO_INCREMENT column values
in Updatable ResultSets
mysql_affected_rows
example
mysql_affected_rows
example using transactions
mysql_client_encoding
example
mysql_close
example
mysql_connect
example
mysql_connect
example using hostname:port syntax
mysql_connect
example using ":/path/to/socket" syntax
mysql_create_db
alternative example
mysql_data_seek
example
mysql_db_name
example
mysql_db_query
alternative example
mysql_drop_db
alternative example
mysql_errno
example
mysql_error
example
mysql_escape_string
example
mysql_fetch_array
with
MYSQL_NUM
mysql_fetch_array
with
MYSQL_ASSOC
mysql_fetch_array
with
MYSQL_BOTH
mysql_fetch_assoc
example
mysql_fetch_field
example
mysql_fetch_lengths
example
mysql_fetch_object
example
mysql_fetch_object
example
mysql_fetch_row
mysql_field_flags
example
mysql_field_len
example
mysql_field_name
example
mysql_field_table
example
mysql_field_type
example
mysql_free_result
example
mysql_get_client_info
example
mysql_get_host_info
example
mysql_get_proto_info
example
mysql_get_server_info
example
mysql_insert_id
example
mysql_list_dbs
example
mysql_list_fields
mysql_list_processes
example
mysql_list_tables
alternative example
mysql_num_fields
example
mysql_num_rows
example
mysql_ping
example
mysql_real_escape_string
example
mysql_result
example
mysql_select_db
example
mysql_stat
example
mysql_stat
example
mysql_tablename
example
mysql_thread_id
example
mysqli_get_cache_stats example
mysqli_get_client_stats example
mysqli_get_connection_stats example
mysqli_poll
example
