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Abstract
This is the MySQL Reference Manual. It documents MySQL 5.0 through 5.0.38.
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:
This section does not apply to MySQL Community Server users.
Document generated on: 2007-04-11 (revision: 5825)
Table of Contents
GnuPG
AUTO_INCREMENT
LOAD DATA LOCAL
Access denied
ErrorsSELECT
OptionsSELECT
and Other StatementsEXPLAIN
SELECT
QueriesWHERE
Clause OptimizationIS NULL
OptimizationDISTINCT
OptimizationLEFT JOIN
and RIGHT JOIN
OptimizationORDER BY
OptimizationGROUP BY
OptimizationIN
/=ANY
SubqueriesLIMIT
OptimizationINSERT
StatementsUPDATE
StatementsDELETE
StatementsMyISAM
Key CacheMyISAM
Index Statistics Collectionmyisamchk
OptionsNULL
ValuesCOLLATE
in SQL StatementsCOLLATE
Clause PrecedenceBINARY
OperatorCONVERT()
and CAST()
SHOW
Statements and INFORMATION_SCHEMA
DATETIME
, DATE
, and TIMESTAMP
TypesTIME
TypeYEAR
TypeCHAR
and VARCHAR
TypesBINARY
and VARBINARY
TypesBLOB
and TEXT
TypesENUM
TypeSET
TypeGROUP BY
ClausesGROUP BY
(Aggregate) FunctionsGROUP BY
ModifiersGROUP BY
and HAVING
with Hidden FieldsALTER DATABASE
SyntaxALTER TABLE
SyntaxCREATE DATABASE
SyntaxCREATE INDEX
SyntaxCREATE TABLE
SyntaxDROP DATABASE
SyntaxDROP INDEX
SyntaxDROP TABLE
SyntaxRENAME TABLE
SyntaxDELETE
SyntaxDO
SyntaxHANDLER
SyntaxINSERT
SyntaxLOAD DATA INFILE
SyntaxREPLACE
SyntaxSELECT
SyntaxTRUNCATE
SyntaxUPDATE
SyntaxDESCRIBE
SyntaxHELP
SyntaxUSE
SyntaxSTART TRANSACTION
, COMMIT
, and ROLLBACK
SyntaxSAVEPOINT
and ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT
SyntaxLOCK TABLES
and UNLOCK TABLES
SyntaxSET TRANSACTION
SyntaxSET
SyntaxSHOW
SyntaxMyISAM
Storage EngineMyISAM
Startup OptionsMyISAM
Table Storage FormatsMyISAM
Table ProblemsInnoDB
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 EngineMERGE
Table ProblemsMEMORY
(HEAP
) Storage EngineBDB
(BerkeleyDB
) Storage EngineBDB
BDB
BDB
Startup OptionsBDB
TablesBDB
TablesBDB
TablesEXAMPLE
Storage EngineFEDERATED
Storage EngineFEDERATED
Storage EngineFEDERATED
TablesFEDERATED
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()
CREATE TRIGGER
SyntaxDROP TRIGGER
SyntaxALTER VIEW
SyntaxCREATE VIEW
SyntaxDROP VIEW
SyntaxINFORMATION_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
StatementsDECIMAL
Data Type Changesmysql
and mysqli
in PHPCREATE FUNCTION
SyntaxDROP FUNCTION
SyntaxINFORMATION_SCHEMA
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