MySQL 5.0 Reference Manual

Table of Contents     [+/-]

Preface

1. General Information     [+/-]

1.1. About This Manual

1.2. Typographical and Syntax Conventions

1.3. Overview of the MySQL Database Management System     [+/-]

1.3.1. What is MySQL?

1.3.2. History of MySQL

1.3.3. The Main Features of MySQL

1.4. MySQL Development Roadmap     [+/-]

1.4.1. What's New in MySQL 5.0

1.5. MySQL Information Sources     [+/-]

1.5.1. MySQL Mailing Lists

1.5.2. MySQL Community Support at the MySQL Forums

1.5.3. MySQL Community Support on Internet Relay Chat (IRC)

1.5.4. MySQL Enterprise

1.6. How to Report Bugs or Problems

1.7. MySQL Standards Compliance     [+/-]

1.7.1. What Standards MySQL Follows

1.7.2. Selecting SQL Modes

1.7.3. Running MySQL in ANSI Mode

1.7.4. MySQL Extensions to Standard SQL

1.7.5. MySQL Differences from Standard SQL

1.7.6. How MySQL Deals with Constraints

1.8. Credits     [+/-]

1.8.1. Developers at MySQL AB

1.8.2. Contributors to MySQL

1.8.3. Documenters and translators

1.8.4. Libraries used by and included with MySQL

1.8.5. Packages that support MySQL

1.8.6. Tools that were used to create MySQL

1.8.7. Supporters of MySQL

2. Installing and Upgrading MySQL     [+/-]

2.1. MySQL Installation Overview

2.2. Determining your current MySQL version

2.3. Notes for MySQL Enterprise Server     [+/-]

2.3.1. Enterprise Server Distribution Types

2.3.2. Upgrading MySQL Enterprise Server

2.4. Notes for MySQL Community Server     [+/-]

2.4.1. Overview of MySQL Community Server Installation

2.4.2. Operating Systems Supported by MySQL Community Server

2.4.3. Choosing Which MySQL Distribution to Install

2.5. How to Get MySQL

2.6. Verifying Package Integrity Using MD5 Checksums or GnuPG     [+/-]

2.6.1. Verifying the MD5 Checksum

2.6.2. Signature Checking Using GnuPG

2.6.3. Signature Checking Using RPM

2.7. Installation Layouts

2.8. Standard MySQL Installation Using a Binary Distribution

2.9. Installing MySQL on Windows     [+/-]

2.9.1. Choosing An Installation Package

2.9.2. Installing MySQL with the Automated Installer

2.9.3. Using the MySQL Installation Wizard

2.9.4. MySQL Server Instance Configuration Wizard

2.9.5. Installing MySQL from a Noinstall Zip Archive

2.9.6. Extracting the Install Archive

2.9.7. Creating an Option File

2.9.8. Selecting a MySQL Server Type

2.9.9. Starting the Server for the First Time

2.9.10. Starting MySQL from the Windows Command Line

2.9.11. Starting MySQL as a Windows Service

2.9.12. Testing The MySQL Installation

2.9.13. Troubleshooting a MySQL Installation Under Windows

2.9.14. Upgrading MySQL on Windows

2.9.15. MySQL on Windows Compared to MySQL on Unix

2.10. Installing MySQL from RPM Packages on Linux

2.11. Installing MySQL on Mac OS X

2.12. Installing MySQL on Solaris

2.13. Installing MySQL on i5/OS

2.14. Installing MySQL on NetWare

2.15. Installing MySQL from tar.gz Packages on Other Unix-Like Systems

2.16. MySQL Installation Using a Source Distribution     [+/-]

2.16.1. Source Installation Overview

2.16.2. Typical configure Options

2.16.3. Installing from the Development Source Tree

2.16.4. Dealing with Problems Compiling MySQL

2.16.5. MIT-pthreads Notes

2.16.6. Installing MySQL from Source on Windows

2.16.7. Compiling MySQL Clients on Windows

2.17. Post-Installation Setup and Testing     [+/-]

2.17.1. Windows Post-Installation Procedures

2.17.2. Unix Post-Installation Procedures

2.17.3. Securing the Initial MySQL Accounts

2.18. Upgrading or Downgrading MySQL     [+/-]

2.18.1. Upgrading MySQL

2.18.2. Downgrading MySQL

2.18.3. Checking Whether Table Indexes Must Be Rebuilt

2.18.4. Rebuilding Tables or Table Indexes

2.18.5. Copying MySQL Databases to Another Machine

2.19. Operating System-Specific Notes     [+/-]

2.19.1. Linux Notes

2.19.2. Mac OS X Notes

2.19.3. Solaris Notes

2.19.4. BSD Notes

2.19.5. Other Unix Notes

2.19.6. OS/2 Notes

2.20. Environment Variables

2.21. Perl Installation Notes     [+/-]

2.21.1. Installing Perl on Unix

2.21.2. Installing ActiveState Perl on Windows

2.21.3. Problems Using the Perl DBI/DBD Interface

3. Tutorial     [+/-]

3.1. Connecting to and Disconnecting from the Server

3.2. Entering Queries

3.3. Creating and Using a Database     [+/-]

3.3.1. Creating and Selecting a Database

3.3.2. Creating a Table

3.3.3. Loading Data into a Table

3.3.4. Retrieving Information from a Table

3.4. Getting Information About Databases and Tables

3.5. Using mysql in Batch Mode

3.6. Examples of Common Queries     [+/-]

3.6.1. The Maximum Value for a Column

3.6.2. The Row Holding the Maximum of a Certain Column

3.6.3. Maximum of Column per Group

3.6.4. The Rows Holding the Group-wise Maximum of a Certain Field

3.6.5. Using User-Defined Variables

3.6.6. Using Foreign Keys

3.6.7. Searching on Two Keys

3.6.8. Calculating Visits Per Day

3.6.9. Using AUTO_INCREMENT

3.7. Queries from the Twin Project     [+/-]

3.7.1. Find All Non-distributed Twins

3.7.2. Show a Table of Twin Pair Status

3.8. Using MySQL with Apache

4. MySQL Programs     [+/-]

4.1. Overview of MySQL Programs

4.2. Using MySQL Programs     [+/-]

4.2.1. Invoking MySQL Programs

4.2.2. Connecting to the MySQL Server

4.2.3. Specifying Program Options

4.2.4. Setting Environment Variables

4.3. MySQL Server and Server-Startup Programs     [+/-]

4.3.1. mysqld — The MySQL Server

4.3.2. mysqld_safe — MySQL Server Startup Script

4.3.3. mysql.server — MySQL Server Startup Script

4.3.4. mysqld_multi — Manage Multiple MySQL Servers

4.4. MySQL Installation-Related Programs     [+/-]

4.4.1. comp_err — Compile MySQL Error Message File

4.4.2. make_win_bin_dist — Package MySQL Distribution as ZIP Archive

4.4.3. make_win_src_distribution — Create Source Distribution for Windows

4.4.4. mysqlbug — Generate Bug Report

4.4.5. mysql_fix_privilege_tables — Upgrade MySQL System Tables

4.4.6. mysql_install_db — Initialize MySQL Data Directory

4.4.7. mysql_secure_installation — Improve MySQL Installation Security

4.4.8. mysql_tzinfo_to_sql — Load the Time Zone Tables

4.4.9. mysql_upgrade — Check Tables for MySQL Upgrade

4.5. MySQL Client Programs     [+/-]

4.5.1. mysql — The MySQL Command-Line Tool

4.5.2. mysqladmin — Client for Administering a MySQL Server

4.5.3. mysqlcheck — A Table Maintenance and Repair Program

4.5.4. mysqldump — A Database Backup Program

4.5.5. mysqlimport — A Data Import Program

4.5.6. mysqlshow — Display Database, Table, and Column Information

4.6. MySQL Administrative and Utility Programs     [+/-]

4.6.1. innochecksum — Offline InnoDB File Checksum Utility

4.6.2. myisam_ftdump — Display Full-Text Index information

4.6.3. myisamchk — MyISAM Table-Maintenance Utility

4.6.4. myisamlog — Display MyISAM Log File Contents

4.6.5. myisampack — Generate Compressed, Read-Only MyISAM Tables

4.6.6. mysqlaccess — Client for Checking Access Privileges

4.6.7. mysqlbinlog — Utility for Processing Binary Log Files

4.6.8. mysqldumpslow — Summarize Slow Query Log Files

4.6.9. mysqlhotcopy — A Database Backup Program

4.6.10. mysqlmanager — The MySQL Instance Manager

4.6.11. mysql_convert_table_format — Convert Tables to Use a Given Storage Engine

4.6.12. mysql_explain_log — Use EXPLAIN on Statements in Query Log

4.6.13. mysql_find_rows — Extract SQL Statements from Files

4.6.14. mysql_fix_extensions — Normalize Table File Name Extensions

4.6.15. mysql_setpermission — Interactively Set Permissions in Grant Tables

4.6.16. mysql_tableinfo — Generate Database Metadata

4.6.17. mysql_waitpid — Kill Process and Wait for Its Termination

4.6.18. mysql_zap — Kill Processes That Match a Pattern

4.7. MySQL Program Development Utilities     [+/-]

4.7.1. msql2mysql — Convert mSQL Programs for Use with MySQL

4.7.2. mysql_config — Get Compile Options for Compiling Clients

4.7.3. my_print_defaults — Display Options from Option Files

4.7.4. resolve_stack_dump — Resolve Numeric Stack Trace Dump to Symbols

4.8. Miscellaneous Programs     [+/-]

4.8.1. perror — Explain Error Codes

4.8.2. replace — A String-Replacement Utility

4.8.3. resolveip — Resolve Host name to IP Address or Vice Versa

5. MySQL Server Administration     [+/-]

5.1. The MySQL Server     [+/-]

5.1.1. Server Option and Variable Reference

5.1.2. Server Command Options

5.1.3. Server System Variables

5.1.4. Session System Variables

5.1.5. Using System Variables

5.1.6. Server Status Variables

5.1.7. Server SQL Modes

5.1.8. Server-Side Help

5.1.9. Server Response to Signals

5.1.10. The Shutdown Process

5.2. MySQL Server Logs     [+/-]

5.2.1. The Error Log

5.2.2. The General Query Log

5.2.3. The Binary Log

5.2.4. The Slow Query Log

5.2.5. Server Log Maintenance

5.3. General Security Issues     [+/-]

5.3.1. General Security Guidelines

5.3.2. Making MySQL Secure Against Attackers

5.3.3. Security-Related mysqld Options

5.3.4. Security Issues with LOAD DATA LOCAL

5.3.5. How to Run MySQL as a Normal User

5.4. The MySQL Access Privilege System     [+/-]

5.4.1. How the Privilege System Works

5.4.2. The Privilege System Grant Tables

5.4.3. Privileges Provided by MySQL

5.4.4. Access Control, Stage 1: Connection Verification

5.4.5. Access Control, Stage 2: Request Verification

5.4.6. When Privilege Changes Take Effect

5.4.7. Causes of Access-Denied Errors

5.4.8. Password Hashing as of MySQL 4.1

5.5. MySQL User Account Management     [+/-]

5.5.1. MySQL User Names and Passwords

5.5.2. Adding User Accounts to MySQL

5.5.3. Removing User Accounts from MySQL

5.5.4. Limiting Account Resources

5.5.5. Assigning Account Passwords

5.5.6. Keeping Passwords Secure

5.5.7. Using SSL for Secure Connections

5.5.8. Connecting to MySQL Remotely from Windows with SSH

5.5.9. Auditing MySQL Account Activity

5.6. Running Multiple MySQL Servers on the Same Machine     [+/-]

5.6.1. Running Multiple Servers on Windows

5.6.2. Running Multiple Servers on Unix

5.6.3. Using Client Programs in a Multiple-Server Environment

6. Backup and Recovery     [+/-]

6.1. Database Backups

6.2. Example Backup and Recovery Strategy     [+/-]

6.2.1. Backup Policy

6.2.2. Using Backups for Recovery

6.2.3. Backup Strategy Summary

6.3. Point-in-Time Recovery     [+/-]

6.3.1. Specifying Times for Recovery

6.3.2. Specifying Positions for Recovery

6.4. Table Maintenance and Crash Recovery     [+/-]

6.4.1. Using myisamchk for Crash Recovery

6.4.2. How to Check MyISAM Tables for Errors

6.4.3. How to Repair Tables

6.4.4. Table Optimization

6.4.5. Getting Information About a Table

6.4.6. Setting Up a Table Maintenance Schedule

7. Optimization     [+/-]

7.1. Optimization Overview     [+/-]

7.1.1. MySQL Design Limitations and Tradeoffs

7.1.2. Designing Applications for Portability

7.1.3. What We Have Used MySQL For

7.1.4. The MySQL Benchmark Suite

7.1.5. Using Your Own Benchmarks

7.2. Optimizing SELECT and Other Statements     [+/-]

7.2.1. Optimizing Queries with EXPLAIN

7.2.2. Estimating Query Performance

7.2.3. Speed of SELECT Queries

7.2.4. WHERE Clause Optimization

7.2.5. Range Optimization

7.2.6. Index Merge Optimization

7.2.7. Condition Pushdown Optimization

7.2.8. IS NULL Optimization

7.2.9. LEFT JOIN and RIGHT JOIN Optimization

7.2.10. Nested-Loop Join Algorithms

7.2.11. Nested Join Optimization

7.2.12. Outer Join Simplification

7.2.13. ORDER BY Optimization

7.2.14. GROUP BY Optimization

7.2.15. DISTINCT Optimization

7.2.16. Optimizing IN/=ANY Subqueries

7.2.17. LIMIT Optimization

7.2.18. How to Avoid Table Scans

7.2.19. Speed of INSERT Statements

7.2.20. Speed of UPDATE Statements

7.2.21. Speed of DELETE Statements

7.2.22. Other Optimization Tips

7.3. Locking Issues     [+/-]

7.3.1. Internal Locking Methods

7.3.2. Table Locking Issues

7.3.3. Concurrent Inserts

7.3.4. External Locking

7.4. Optimizing Database Structure     [+/-]

7.4.1. Design Choices

7.4.2. Make Your Data as Small as Possible

7.4.3. Column Indexes

7.4.4. Multiple-Column Indexes

7.4.5. How MySQL Uses Indexes

7.4.6. The MyISAM Key Cache

7.4.7. MyISAM Index Statistics Collection

7.4.8. How MySQL Opens and Closes Tables

7.4.9. Disadvantages of Creating Many Tables in the Same Database

7.5. Optimizing the MySQL Server     [+/-]

7.5.1. System Factors and Startup Parameter Tuning

7.5.2. Tuning Server Parameters

7.5.3. Controlling Query Optimizer Performance

7.5.4. The MySQL Query Cache

7.5.5. Examining Thread Information

7.5.6. How Compiling and Linking Affects the Speed of MySQL

7.5.7. How MySQL Uses Threads for Client Connections

7.5.8. How MySQL Uses Memory

7.5.9. How MySQL Uses Internal Temporary Tables

7.5.10. How MySQL Uses DNS

7.6. Disk Issues     [+/-]

7.6.1. Using Symbolic Links

8. Language Structure     [+/-]

8.1. Literal Values     [+/-]

8.1.1. Strings

8.1.2. Numbers

8.1.3. Hexadecimal Values

8.1.4. Boolean Values

8.1.5. Bit-Field Values

8.1.6. NULL Values

8.2. Schema Object Names     [+/-]

8.2.1. Identifier Qualifiers

8.2.2. Identifier Case Sensitivity

8.2.3. Function Name Parsing and Resolution

8.3. Reserved Words

8.4. User-Defined Variables

8.5. Comment Syntax

9. Internationalization and Localization     [+/-]

9.1. Character Set Support     [+/-]

9.1.1. Character Sets and Collations in General

9.1.2. Character Sets and Collations in MySQL

9.1.3. Specifying Character Sets and Collations

9.1.4. Connection Character Sets and Collations

9.1.5. Configuring the Character Set and Collation for Applications

9.1.6. Collation Issues

9.1.7. String Repertoire

9.1.8. Operations Affected by Character Set Support

9.1.9. Unicode Support

9.1.10. UTF-8 for Metadata

9.1.11. Column Character Set Conversion

9.1.12. Character Sets and Collations That MySQL Supports

9.2. The Character Set Used for Data and Sorting     [+/-]

9.2.1. Using the German Character Set

9.3. Setting the Error Message Language

9.4. Adding a New Character Set     [+/-]

9.4.1. The Character Definition Arrays

9.4.2. String Collating Support

9.4.3. Multi-Byte Character Support

9.5. How to Add a New Collation to a Character Set     [+/-]

9.5.1. Collation Implementation Types

9.5.2. Choosing a Collation ID

9.5.3. Adding a Simple Collation to an 8-Bit Character Set

9.5.4. Adding a UCA Collation to a Unicode Character Set

9.6. Problems With Character Sets

9.7. MySQL Server Time Zone Support     [+/-]

9.7.1. Staying Current with Time Zone Changes

9.7.2. Time Zone Leap Second Support

9.8. MySQL Server Locale Support

10. Data Types     [+/-]

10.1. Data Type Overview     [+/-]

10.1.1. Overview of Numeric Types

10.1.2. Overview of Date and Time Types

10.1.3. Overview of String Types

10.1.4. Data Type Default Values

10.2. Numeric Types

10.3. Date and Time Types     [+/-]

10.3.1. The DATETIME, DATE, and TIMESTAMP Types

10.3.2. The TIME Type

10.3.3. The YEAR Type

10.3.4. Year 2000 Issues and Date Types

10.4. String Types     [+/-]

10.4.1. The CHAR and VARCHAR Types

10.4.2. The BINARY and VARBINARY Types

10.4.3. The BLOB and TEXT Types

10.4.4. The ENUM Type

10.4.5. The SET Type

10.5. Data Type Storage Requirements

10.6. Choosing the Right Type for a Column

10.7. Using Data Types from Other Database Engines

11. Functions and Operators     [+/-]

11.1. Operator and Function Reference

11.2. Operators     [+/-]

11.2.1. Operator Precedence

11.2.2. Type Conversion in Expression Evaluation

11.2.3. Comparison Functions and Operators

11.2.4. Logical Operators

11.3. Control Flow Functions

11.4. String Functions     [+/-]

11.4.1. String Comparison Functions

11.4.2. Regular Expressions

11.5. Numeric Functions     [+/-]

11.5.1. Arithmetic Operators

11.5.2. Mathematical Functions

11.6. Date and Time Functions

11.7. What Calendar Is Used By MySQL?

11.8. Full-Text Search Functions     [+/-]

11.8.1. Natural Language Full-Text Searches

11.8.2. Boolean Full-Text Searches

11.8.3. Full-Text Searches with Query Expansion

11.8.4. Full-Text Stopwords

11.8.5. Full-Text Restrictions

11.8.6. Fine-Tuning MySQL Full-Text Search

11.9. Cast Functions and Operators

11.10. Other Functions     [+/-]

11.10.1. Bit Functions

11.10.2. Encryption and Compression Functions

11.10.3. Information Functions

11.10.4. Miscellaneous Functions

11.11. Functions and Modifiers for Use with GROUP BY Clauses     [+/-]

11.11.1. GROUP BY (Aggregate) Functions

11.11.2. GROUP BY Modifiers

11.11.3. GROUP BY and HAVING with Hidden Columns

11.12. Spatial Extensions     [+/-]

11.12.1. Introduction to MySQL Spatial Support

11.12.2. The OpenGIS Geometry Model

11.12.3. Supported Spatial Data Formats

11.12.4. Creating a Spatially Enabled MySQL Database

11.12.5. Analyzing Spatial Information

11.12.6. Optimizing Spatial Analysis

11.12.7. MySQL Conformance and Compatibility

11.13. Precision Math     [+/-]

11.13.1. Types of Numeric Values

11.13.2. DECIMAL Data Type Changes

11.13.3. Expression Handling

11.13.4. Rounding Behavior

11.13.5. Precision Math Examples

12. SQL Statement Syntax     [+/-]

12.1. Data Definition Statements     [+/-]

12.1.1. ALTER DATABASE Syntax

12.1.2. ALTER FUNCTION Syntax

12.1.3. ALTER PROCEDURE Syntax

12.1.4. ALTER TABLE Syntax

12.1.5. ALTER VIEW Syntax

12.1.6. CREATE DATABASE Syntax

12.1.7. CREATE FUNCTION Syntax

12.1.8. CREATE INDEX Syntax

12.1.9. CREATE PROCEDURE and CREATE FUNCTION Syntax

12.1.10. CREATE TABLE Syntax

12.1.11. CREATE TRIGGER Syntax

12.1.12. CREATE VIEW Syntax

12.1.13. DROP DATABASE Syntax

12.1.14. DROP FUNCTION Syntax

12.1.15. DROP INDEX Syntax

12.1.16. DROP PROCEDURE and DROP FUNCTION Syntax

12.1.17. DROP TABLE Syntax

12.1.18. DROP TRIGGER Syntax

12.1.19. DROP VIEW Syntax

12.1.20. RENAME TABLE Syntax

12.2. Data Manipulation Statements     [+/-]

12.2.1. CALL Syntax

12.2.2. DELETE Syntax

12.2.3. DO Syntax

12.2.4. HANDLER Syntax

12.2.5. INSERT Syntax

12.2.6. LOAD DATA INFILE Syntax

12.2.7. REPLACE Syntax

12.2.8. SELECT Syntax

12.2.9. Subquery Syntax

12.2.10. TRUNCATE Syntax

12.2.11. UPDATE Syntax

12.3. MySQL Utility Statements     [+/-]

12.3.1. DESCRIBE Syntax

12.3.2. EXPLAIN Syntax

12.3.3. HELP Syntax

12.3.4. USE Syntax

12.4. MySQL Transactional and Locking Statements     [+/-]

12.4.1. START TRANSACTION, COMMIT, and ROLLBACK Syntax

12.4.2. Statements That Cannot Be Rolled Back

12.4.3. Statements That Cause an Implicit Commit

12.4.4. SAVEPOINT and ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT Syntax

12.4.5. LOCK TABLES and UNLOCK TABLES Syntax

12.4.6. SET TRANSACTION Syntax

12.4.7. XA Transactions

12.5. Database Administration Statements     [+/-]

12.5.1. Account Management Statements

12.5.2. Table Maintenance Statements

12.5.3. User-Defined Function Statements

12.5.4. SET Syntax

12.5.5. SHOW Syntax

12.5.6. Other Administrative Statements

12.6. Replication Statements     [+/-]

12.6.1. SQL Statements for Controlling Master Servers

12.6.2. SQL Statements for Controlling Slave Servers

12.7. SQL Syntax for Prepared Statements     [+/-]

12.7.1. PREPARE Syntax

12.7.2. EXECUTE Syntax

12.7.3. DEALLOCATE PREPARE Syntax

12.8. MySQL Compound-Statement Syntax     [+/-]

12.8.1. BEGIN ... END Compound Statement Syntax

12.8.2. DECLARE Syntax

12.8.3. Variables in Stored Programs

12.8.4. Conditions and Handlers

12.8.5. Cursors

12.8.6. Flow Control Constructs

12.8.7. RETURN Syntax

13. Storage Engines     [+/-]

13.1. The MyISAM Storage Engine     [+/-]

13.1.1. MyISAM Startup Options

13.1.2. Space Needed for Keys

13.1.3. MyISAM Table Storage Formats

13.1.4. MyISAM Table Problems

13.2. The InnoDB Storage Engine     [+/-]

13.2.1. InnoDB Contact Information

13.2.2. InnoDB Configuration

13.2.3. InnoDB Startup Options and System Variables

13.2.4. Creating and Using InnoDB Tables

13.2.5. Adding, Removing, or Resizing InnoDB Data and Log Files

13.2.6. Backing Up and Recovering an InnoDB Database

13.2.7. Moving an InnoDB Database to Another Machine

13.2.8. The InnoDB Transaction Model and Locking

13.2.9. InnoDB Performance Tuning Tips

13.2.10. InnoDB Multi-Versioning

13.2.11. InnoDB Table and Index Structures

13.2.12. InnoDB Disk I/O and File Space Management

13.2.13. InnoDB Error Handling

13.2.14. Restrictions on InnoDB Tables

13.2.15. InnoDB Troubleshooting

13.3. The MERGE Storage Engine     [+/-]

13.3.1. MERGE Table Problems

13.4. The MEMORY (HEAP) Storage Engine

13.5. The BDB (BerkeleyDB) Storage Engine     [+/-]

13.5.1. Operating Systems Supported by BDB

13.5.2. Installing BDB

13.5.3. BDB Startup Options

13.5.4. Characteristics of BDB Tables

13.5.5. Restrictions on BDB Tables

13.5.6. Errors That May Occur When Using BDB Tables

13.6. The EXAMPLE Storage Engine

13.7. The FEDERATED Storage Engine     [+/-]

13.7.1. Description of the FEDERATED Storage Engine

13.7.2. How to Use FEDERATED Tables

13.7.3. Limitations of the FEDERATED Storage Engine

13.8. The ARCHIVE Storage Engine

13.9. The CSV Storage Engine

13.10. The BLACKHOLE Storage Engine

14. High Availability and Scalability     [+/-]

14.1. Using MySQL with DRBD for High Availability     [+/-]

14.1.1. Configuring the DRBD Environment

14.1.2. Configuring MySQL for DRBD

14.1.3. Optimizing Performance and Reliability

14.2. Using Linux HA Heartbeat     [+/-]

14.2.1. Heartbeat Configuration

14.2.2. Using Heartbeat with MySQL and DRBD

14.2.3. Using Heartbeat with DRBD and dopd

14.2.4. Dealing with System Level Errors

14.3. MySQL and Virtualization     [+/-]

14.3.1. Common Issues with Virtualization

14.3.2. Using MySQL within an Amazon EC2 Instance

14.3.3. Virtualization Resources

14.4. Using MySQL with memcached     [+/-]

14.4.1. Installing memcached

14.4.2. Using memcached

14.4.3. memcached Interfaces

14.4.4. Getting memcached Statistics

14.4.5. memcached FAQ

14.5. MySQL Proxy     [+/-]

14.5.1. MySQL Proxy Supported Platforms

14.5.2. Installing MySQL Proxy

14.5.3. MySQL Proxy Command-Line Options

14.5.4. MySQL Proxy Scripting

14.5.5. Using MySQL Proxy

14.5.6. MySQL Proxy FAQ

15. MySQL Enterprise Monitor     [+/-]

15.1. An Overview of the Service     [+/-]

15.1.1. The Service Architecture

15.1.2. Service Features

15.1.3. Security

15.2. Conventions Used in This Document

15.3. Installation and Upgrades     [+/-]

15.3.1. User Roles

15.3.2. Service Manager Installation

15.3.3. MySQL Enterprise Service Manager Configuration Settings and Advisor Installation

15.3.4. Service Agent Installation

15.3.5. Starting and Stopping the MySQL Enterprise Monitor Agent

15.3.6. Advanced Agent Configuration

15.3.7. Unattended Installation

15.3.8. Post-Installation Considerations

15.3.9. Upgrading MySQL Enterprise Monitor

15.3.10. Reinstalling MySQL Enterprise Monitor

15.3.11. Changing Your MySQL Enterprise Monitor Installation

15.3.12. Uninstalling the MySQL Enterprise Monitor

15.4. Deploying MySQL Enterprise Service Manager     [+/-]

15.4.1. Backing up MySQL Enterprise Service Manager

15.4.2. Migrating 1.3.x Historical Data to MySQL Enterprise Monitor 2.0

15.5. MySQL Enterprise Dashboard     [+/-]

15.5.1. The Server Tree

15.5.2. The Server Graphs and Critical Events

15.5.3. The Heat Chart

15.6. The Settings Page     [+/-]

15.6.1. Global Settings

15.6.2. User Preferences

15.6.3. Manage Servers

15.6.4. Managing Users

15.6.5. Manage Notification Groups

15.6.6. Logs

15.6.7. The Product Information Screen

15.7. The Advisors Page     [+/-]

15.7.1. Installing and Updating Advisors

15.7.2. Scheduling Rules

15.7.3. Editing Built-in Rules

15.7.4. Creating Advisors and Rules

15.7.5. Disabling and Unscheduling Rules

15.7.6. Advisor Blackout Periods

15.8. The Events Page     [+/-]

15.8.1. Closing an Event

15.9. The Graphs Page     [+/-]

15.9.1. Displaying Graphs

15.9.2. Setting an Interval

15.9.3. Setting a Time Span

15.10. The Query Analyzer Page     [+/-]

15.10.1. Enabling Query Analyzer

15.10.2. Getting Detailed Query Information

15.10.3. Filtering Query Analyzer Data

15.10.4. Using Query Analyzer Data

15.10.5. Troubleshooting Query Analyzer

15.10.6. Query Analyzer Settings

15.11. The Replication Page     [+/-]

15.11.1. Replication Page Details

15.12. MySQL Enterprise Monitor Frequently Asked Questions

16. Replication     [+/-]

16.1. Replication Configuration     [+/-]

16.1.1. How to Set Up Replication

16.1.2. Replication and Binary Logging Options and Variables

16.1.3. Common Replication Administration Tasks

16.2. Replication Solutions     [+/-]

16.2.1. Using Replication for Backups

16.2.2. Using Replication with Different Master and Slave Storage Engines

16.2.3. Using Replication for Scale-Out

16.2.4. Replicating Different Databases to Different Slaves

16.2.5. Improving Replication Performance

16.2.6. Switching Masters During Failover

16.2.7. Setting Up Replication Using SSL

16.3. Replication Notes and Tips     [+/-]

16.3.1. Replication Features and Issues

16.3.2. Replication Compatibility Between MySQL Versions

16.3.3. Upgrading a Replication Setup

16.3.4. Replication FAQ

16.3.5. Troubleshooting Replication

16.3.6. How to Report Replication Bugs or Problems

16.4. Replication Implementation Overview     [+/-]

16.4.1. Replication Implementation Details

16.4.2. Replication Relay and Status Files

16.4.3. How Servers Evaluate Replication Rules

17. MySQL Cluster     [+/-]

17.1. MySQL Cluster Overview     [+/-]

17.1.1. MySQL Cluster Core Concepts

17.1.2. MySQL Cluster Nodes, Node Groups, Replicas, and Partitions

17.2. MySQL Cluster Multi-Computer How-To     [+/-]

17.2.1. MySQL Cluster Hardware, Software, and Networking Requirements

17.2.2. MySQL Cluster Multi-Computer Installation

17.2.3. MySQL Cluster Multi-Computer Configuration

17.2.4. Initial Startup of MySQL Cluster

17.2.5. Loading Sample Data into MySQL Cluster and Performing Queries

17.2.6. Safe Shutdown and Restart of MySQL Cluster

17.3. MySQL Cluster Configuration     [+/-]

17.3.1. Building MySQL Cluster from Source Code

17.3.2. Installing MySQL Cluster Software

17.3.3. Quick Test Setup of MySQL Cluster

17.3.4. MySQL Cluster Configuration Files

17.3.5. Overview of MySQL Cluster Configuration Parameters

17.3.6. Configuring MySQL Cluster Parameters for Local Checkpoints

17.4. MySQL Cluster Options and Variables     [+/-]

17.4.1. MySQL Cluster Server Option and Variable Reference

17.4.2. mysqld Command Options for MySQL Cluster

17.4.3. MySQL Cluster System Variables

17.4.4. MySQL Cluster Status Variables

17.5. Upgrading and Downgrading MySQL Cluster     [+/-]

17.5.1. Performing a Rolling Restart of a MySQL Cluster

17.5.2. MySQL Cluster 5.0 Upgrade and Downgrade Compatibility

17.6. Process Management in MySQL Cluster     [+/-]

17.6.1. MySQL Server Process Usage for MySQL Cluster

17.6.2. ndbd — The MySQL Cluster Storage Engine Node Process

17.6.3. ndb_mgmd — The MySQL Cluster Management Server Process

17.6.4. ndb_mgm — The MySQL Cluster Management Client Process

17.6.5. Command Options for MySQL Cluster Processes

17.7. Management of MySQL Cluster     [+/-]

17.7.1. Summary of MySQL Cluster Start Phases

17.7.2. Commands in the MySQL Cluster Management Client

17.7.3. Online Backup of MySQL Cluster

17.7.4. Event Reports Generated in MySQL Cluster

17.7.5. MySQL Cluster Log Messages

17.7.6. MySQL Cluster Single User Mode

17.7.7. Quick Reference: MySQL Cluster SQL Statements

17.8. MySQL Cluster Security Issues     [+/-]

17.8.1. MySQL Cluster Security and Networking Issues

17.8.2. MySQL Cluster and MySQL Privileges

17.8.3. MySQL Cluster and MySQL Security Procedures

17.9. MySQL Cluster Utility Programs     [+/-]

17.9.1. ndb_config — Extract MySQL Cluster Configuration Information

17.9.2. ndb_cpcd — Automate Testing for NDB Development

17.9.3. ndb_delete_all — Delete All Rows from an NDB Table

17.9.4. ndb_desc — Describe NDB Tables

17.9.5. ndb_drop_index — Drop Index from an NDB Table

17.9.6. ndb_drop_table — Drop an NDB Table

17.9.7. ndb_error_reporter — NDB Error-Reporting Utility

17.9.8. ndb_print_backup_file — Print NDB Backup File Contents

17.9.9. ndb_print_schema_file — Print NDB Schema File Contents

17.9.10. ndb_print_sys_file — Print NDB System File Contents

17.9.11. ndb_select_all — Print Rows from an NDB Table

17.9.12. ndb_select_count — Print Row Counts for NDB Tables

17.9.13. ndb_show_tables — Display List of NDB Tables

17.9.14. ndb_size.pl — NDBCLUSTER Size Requirement Estimator

17.9.15. ndb_waiter — Wait for MySQL Cluster to Reach a Given Status

17.10. Using High-Speed Interconnects with MySQL Cluster     [+/-]

17.10.1. Configuring MySQL Cluster to use SCI Sockets

17.10.2. MySQL Cluster Interconnects and Performance

17.11. Known Limitations of MySQL Cluster     [+/-]

17.11.1. Non-Compliance with SQL Syntax in MySQL Cluster

17.11.2. Limits and Differences of MySQL Cluster from Standard MySQL Limits

17.11.3. Limits Relating to Transaction Handling in MySQL Cluster

17.11.4. MySQL Cluster Error Handling

17.11.5. Limits Associated with Database Objects in MySQL Cluster

17.11.6. Unsupported or Missing Features in MySQL Cluster

17.11.7. Limitations Relating to Performance in MySQL Cluster

17.11.8. Issues Exclusive to MySQL Cluster

17.11.9. Limitations Relating to Multiple MySQL Cluster Nodes

17.11.10. Previous MySQL Cluster Issues Resolved in MySQL 5.0

17.12. MySQL Cluster Development Roadmap     [+/-]

17.12.1. MySQL Cluster Changes in MySQL 5.0

17.12.2. MySQL 5.1 Development Roadmap for MySQL Cluster

17.13. MySQL Cluster Glossary

18. Stored Programs and Views     [+/-]

18.1. Defining Stored Programs

18.2. Using Stored Routines (Procedures and Functions)     [+/-]

18.2.1. Stored Routine Syntax

18.2.2. Stored Routines and MySQL Privileges

18.2.3. Stored Routine Metadata

18.2.4. Stored Procedures, Functions, Triggers, and LAST_INSERT_ID()

18.3. Using Triggers     [+/-]

18.3.1. Trigger Syntax

18.3.2. Trigger Metadata

18.4. Using Views     [+/-]

18.4.1. View Syntax

18.4.2. View Processing Algorithms

18.4.3. Updatable and Insertable Views

18.4.4. View Metadata

18.5. Binary Logging of Stored Programs

19. INFORMATION_SCHEMA Tables     [+/-]

19.1. The INFORMATION_SCHEMA SCHEMATA Table

19.2. The INFORMATION_SCHEMA TABLES Table

19.3. The INFORMATION_SCHEMA COLUMNS Table

19.4. The INFORMATION_SCHEMA STATISTICS Table

19.5. The INFORMATION_SCHEMA USER_PRIVILEGES Table

19.6. The INFORMATION_SCHEMA SCHEMA_PRIVILEGES Table

19.7. The INFORMATION_SCHEMA TABLE_PRIVILEGES Table

19.8. The INFORMATION_SCHEMA COLUMN_PRIVILEGES Table

19.9. The INFORMATION_SCHEMA CHARACTER_SETS Table

19.10. The INFORMATION_SCHEMA COLLATIONS Table

19.11. The INFORMATION_SCHEMA COLLATION_CHARACTER_SET_APPLICABILITY Table

19.12. The INFORMATION_SCHEMA TABLE_CONSTRAINTS Table

19.13. The INFORMATION_SCHEMA KEY_COLUMN_USAGE Table

19.14. The INFORMATION_SCHEMA ROUTINES Table

19.15. The INFORMATION_SCHEMA VIEWS Table

19.16. The INFORMATION_SCHEMA TRIGGERS Table

19.17. The INFORMATION_SCHEMA PROFILING Table

19.18. Other INFORMATION_SCHEMA Tables

19.19. Extensions to SHOW Statements

20. Connectors and APIs     [+/-]

20.1. MySQL Connector/ODBC     [+/-]

20.1.1. Connector/ODBC Versions

20.1.2. Connector/ODBC Introduction

20.1.3. Connector/ODBC Installation

20.1.4. Connector/ODBC Configuration

20.1.5. Connector/ODBC Examples

20.1.6. Connector/ODBC Reference

20.1.7. Connector/ODBC Notes and Tips

20.1.8. Connector/ODBC Support

20.2. MySQL Connector/NET     [+/-]

20.2.1. Connector/NET Versions

20.2.2. Connector/NET Installation

20.2.3. Connector/NET Examples and Usage Guide

20.2.4. Connector/NET Reference

20.2.5. Connector/NET Notes and Tips

20.2.6. Connector/NET Support

20.3. MySQL Visual Studio Plugin     [+/-]

20.3.1. Installing the MySQL Visual Studio Plugin

20.3.2. Creating a connection to the MySQL server

20.3.3. Using the MySQL Visual Studio Plugin

20.3.4. Visual Studio Plugin Support

20.4. MySQL Connector/J     [+/-]

20.4.1. Connector/J Versions

20.4.2. Connector/J Installation

20.4.3. Connector/J Examples

20.4.4. Connector/J (JDBC) Reference

20.4.5. Connector/J Notes and Tips

20.4.6. Connector/J Support

20.5. MySQL Connector/MXJ     [+/-]

20.5.1. Connector/MXJ Overview

20.5.2. Connector/MXJ Versions

20.5.3. Connector/MXJ Installation

20.5.4. Connector/MXJ Configuration

20.5.5. Connector/MXJ Reference

20.5.6. Connector/MXJ Notes and Tips

20.5.7. Connector/MXJ Support

20.6. MySQL Connector/C++     [+/-]

20.6.1. MySQL Connector/C++ Installation

20.6.2. MySQL Connector/C++ Getting Started: Usage Examples

20.6.3. MySQL Connector/C++ Debug Tracing

20.6.4. MySQL Connector/C++ References

20.6.5. MySQL Connector/C++ Known Bugs

20.6.6. MySQL Connector/C++ Feature requests

20.6.7. MySQL Connector/C++ Contact

20.7. MySQL Connector/OpenOffice.org     [+/-]

20.7.1. Installation

20.7.2. Getting Started: Connecting to MySQL

20.7.3. Getting Started: Usage Examples

20.7.4. References

20.7.5. Known Bugs

20.7.6. Contact

20.8. libmysqld, the Embedded MySQL Server Library

20.9. MySQL C API     [+/-]

20.9.1. C API Data Types

20.9.2. C API Function Overview

20.9.3. C API Function Descriptions

20.9.4. C API Prepared Statements

20.9.5. C API Prepared Statement Data types

20.9.6. C API Prepared Statement Function Overview

20.9.7. C API Prepared Statement Function Descriptions

20.9.8. C API Threaded Function Descriptions

20.9.9. C API Embedded Server Function Descriptions

20.9.10. Common Questions and Problems When Using the C API

20.9.11. Controlling Automatic Reconnection Behavior

20.9.12. C API Handling of Multiple Statement Execution

20.9.13. C API Prepared Statement Problems

20.9.14. C API Prepared Statement Handling of Date and Time Values

20.9.15. Building Client Programs

20.9.16. How to Make a Threaded Client

20.10. MySQL PHP API     [+/-]

20.10.1. MySQL

20.10.2. MySQL Improved Extension (Mysqli)

20.10.3. MySQL Functions (PDO_MYSQL)

20.10.4. Connector/PHP

20.10.5. Common Problems with MySQL and PHP

20.10.6. Enabling Both mysql and mysqli in PHP

20.11. MySQL Perl API

20.12. MySQL C++ API

20.13. MySQL Python API

20.14. MySQL Ruby APIs     [+/-]

20.14.1. The MySQL/Ruby API

20.14.2. The Ruby/MySQL API

20.15. MySQL Tcl API

20.16. MySQL Eiffel Wrapper

21. Extending MySQL     [+/-]

21.1. MySQL Internals     [+/-]

21.1.1. MySQL Threads

21.1.2. MySQL Test Suite

21.2. Adding New Functions to MySQL     [+/-]

21.2.1. Features of the User-Defined Function Interface

21.2.2. Adding a New User-Defined Function

21.2.3. Adding a New Native Function

21.3. Adding New Procedures to MySQL     [+/-]

21.3.1. PROCEDURE ANALYSE

21.3.2. Writing a Procedure

21.4. Debugging and Porting MySQL     [+/-]

21.4.1. Debugging a MySQL Server

21.4.2. Debugging a MySQL Client

21.4.3. The DBUG Package

21.4.4. Comments about RTS Threads

21.4.5. Differences Between Thread Packages

A. MySQL 5.0 Frequently Asked Questions     [+/-]

A.1. MySQL 5.0 FAQ — General

A.2. MySQL 5.0 FAQ — Storage Engines

A.3. MySQL 5.0 FAQ — Server SQL Mode

A.4. MySQL 5.0 FAQ — Stored Procedures and Functions

A.5. MySQL 5.0 FAQ — Triggers

A.6. MySQL 5.0 FAQ — Views

A.7. MySQL 5.0 FAQ — INFORMATION_SCHEMA

A.8. MySQL 5.0 FAQ — Migration

A.9. MySQL 5.0 FAQ — Security

A.10. MySQL 5.0 FAQ — MySQL Cluster

A.11. MySQL 5.0 FAQ — MySQL Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Character Sets

A.12. MySQL 5.0 FAQ — Connectors & APIs

A.13. MySQL 5.0 FAQ — Replication

A.14. MySQL 5.0 FAQ — MySQL, DRBD, and Heartbeat     [+/-]

A.14.1. Distributed Replicated Block Device (DRBD)

A.14.2. Linux Heartbeat

A.14.3. DRBD Architecture

A.14.4. DRBD and MySQL Replication

A.14.5. DRBD and File Systems

A.14.6. DRBD and LVM

A.14.7. DRBD and Virtualization

A.14.8. DRBD and Security

A.14.9. DRBD and System Requirements

A.14.10. DBRD and Support and Consulting

B. Errors, Error Codes, and Common Problems     [+/-]

B.1. Problems and Common Errors     [+/-]

B.1.1. How to Determine What Is Causing a Problem

B.1.2. Common Errors When Using MySQL Programs

B.1.3. Installation-Related Issues

B.1.4. Administration-Related Issues

B.1.5. Query-Related Issues

B.1.6. Optimizer-Related Issues

B.1.7. Table Definition-Related Issues

B.1.8. Known Issues in MySQL

B.2. Types of Error Values

B.3. Server Error Codes and Messages

B.4. Client Error Codes and Messages

C. MySQL Enterprise Release Notes     [+/-]

C.1. MySQL Enterprise 5.0 Release Notes     [+/-]

C.1.1. Release Notes for MySQL Enterprise 5.0.78 [MRU] (Not yet released)

C.1.2. Release Notes for MySQL Enterprise 5.0.76 [MRU] (Not yet released)

C.1.3. Release Notes for MySQL Enterprise 5.0.74 [MRU] (03 December 2008)

C.1.4. Release Notes for MySQL Enterprise 5.0.72 [MRU] (24 October 2008)

C.1.5. Release Notes for MySQL Enterprise 5.0.70 [MRU] (27 September 2008)

C.1.6. Release Notes for MySQL Enterprise 5.0.68 [MRU] (13 August 2008)

C.1.7. Release Notes for MySQL Enterprise 5.0.66sp1 [QSP] (23 October 2008)

C.1.8. Release Notes for MySQL Enterprise 5.0.66a [MRU] (16 July 2008)

C.1.9. Release Notes for MySQL Enterprise 5.0.66 [MRU] (09 July 2008)

C.1.10. Release Notes for MySQL Enterprise 5.0.64 [MRU] (10 June 2008)

C.1.11. Release Notes for MySQL Enterprise 5.0.62 [MRU] (12 May 2008)

C.1.12. Release Notes for MySQL Enterprise 5.0.60sp1 [QSP] (27 June 2008)

C.1.13. Release Notes for MySQL Enterprise 5.0.60 [MRU] (28 April 2008)

C.1.14. Release Notes for MySQL Enterprise 5.0.58 [MRU] (05 March 2008)

C.1.15. Release Notes for MySQL Enterprise 5.0.56sp1 [QSP] (30 March 2008)

C.1.16. Release Notes for MySQL Enterprise 5.0.56 [MRU] (06 February 2008)

C.1.17. Release Notes for MySQL Enterprise 5.0.54a [MRU] (11 January 2008)

C.1.18. Release Notes for MySQL Enterprise 5.0.54 [MRU] (14 December 2007)

C.1.19. Release Notes for MySQL Enterprise 5.0.52 [MRU] (30 November 2007)

C.1.20. Release Notes for MySQL Enterprise 5.0.50sp1a [QSP] (11 January 2008)

C.1.21. Release Notes for MySQL Enterprise 5.0.50sp1 [QSP] (12 December 2007)

C.1.22. Release Notes for MySQL Enterprise 5.0.50 [MRU] (19 October 2007)

C.1.23. Release Notes for MySQL Enterprise 5.0.48 [MRU] (27 August 2007)

C.1.24. Release Notes for MySQL Enterprise 5.0.46 [MRU] (13 July 2007)

C.1.25. Release Notes for MySQL Enterprise 5.0.44sp1 [QSP] (01 August 2007)

C.1.26. Release Notes for MySQL Enterprise 5.0.44 [MRU] (21 June 2007)

C.1.27. Release Notes for MySQL Enterprise 5.0.42 [MRU] (23 May 2007)

C.1.28. Release Notes for MySQL Enterprise 5.0.40 [MRU] (17 April 2007)

C.1.29. Release Notes for MySQL Enterprise 5.0.38 [MRU] (20 March 2007)

C.1.30. Release Notes for MySQL Enterprise 5.0.36sp1 [QSP] (12 April 2007)

C.1.31. Release Notes for MySQL Enterprise 5.0.36 [MRU] (20 February 2007)

C.1.32. Release Notes for MySQL Enterprise 5.0.34 [MRU] (17 January 2007)

C.1.33. Release Notes for MySQL Enterprise 5.0.32 [MRU] (20 December 2006)

C.1.34. Release Notes for MySQL Enterprise 5.0.30sp1 [QSP] (19 January 2007)

C.1.35. Release Notes for MySQL Enterprise 5.0.30 [MRU] (14 November 2006)

C.1.36. Release Notes for MySQL Enterprise 5.0.28 (24 October 2006)

D. MySQL Community Server Enhancements and Release Notes     [+/-]

D.1. MySQL Community Server 5.0 Enhancements and Release Notes     [+/-]

D.1.1. Release Notes for MySQL Community Server 5.0.77 (Not yet released)

D.1.2. Release Notes for MySQL Community Server 5.0.75 (Not yet released)

D.1.3. Release Notes for MySQL Community Server 5.0.67 (04 August 2008)

D.1.4. Release Notes for MySQL Community Server 5.0.51b (24 April 2008)

D.1.5. Release Notes for MySQL Community Server 5.0.51a (11 January 2008)

D.1.6. Release Notes for MySQL Community Server 5.0.51 (15 November 2007)

D.1.7. Release Notes for MySQL Community Server 5.0.45 (04 July 2007)

D.1.8. Release Notes for MySQL Community Server 5.0.41 (01 May 2007)

D.1.9. Release Notes for MySQL Community Server 5.0.37 (27 February 2007)

D.1.10. Release Notes for MySQL Community Server 5.0.33 (09 January 2007)

D.1.11. Release Notes for MySQL Community Server 5.0.27 (21 October 2006)

E. MySQL Change History     [+/-]

E.1. Changes in release 5.0.x (Production)     [+/-]

E.1.1. Changes for release 5.0.27 and up

E.1.2. Changes in MySQL 5.0.26 (03 October 2006)

E.1.3. Changes in MySQL 5.0.25 (15 September 2006)

E.1.4. Changes in MySQL 5.0.24a (25 August 2006)

E.1.5. Changes in MySQL 5.0.24 (27 July 2006)

E.1.6. Changes in MySQL 5.0.23 (Not released)

E.1.7. Changes in MySQL 5.0.22 (24 May 2006)

E.1.8. Changes in MySQL 5.0.21 (02 May 2006)

E.1.9. Changes in MySQL 5.0.20a (18 April 2006)

E.1.10. Changes in MySQL 5.0.20 (31 March 2006)

E.1.11. Changes in MySQL 5.0.19 (04 March 2006)

E.1.12. Changes in MySQL 5.0.18 (21 December 2005)

E.1.13. Changes in MySQL 5.0.17 (14 December 2005)

E.1.14. Changes in MySQL 5.0.16 (10 November 2005)

E.1.15. Changes in MySQL 5.0.15 (19 October 2005: Production)

E.1.16. Changes in MySQL 5.0.14 (Not released)

E.1.17. Changes in MySQL 5.0.13 (22 September 2005: Release Candidate)

E.1.18. Changes in MySQL 5.0.12 (02 September 2005)

E.1.19. Changes in MySQL 5.0.11 (06 August 2005)

E.1.20. Changes in MySQL 5.0.10 (27 July 2005)

E.1.21. Changes in MySQL 5.0.9 (15 July 2005)

E.1.22. Changes in MySQL 5.0.8 (Not released)

E.1.23. Changes in MySQL 5.0.7 (10 June 2005)

E.1.24. Changes in MySQL 5.0.6 (26 May 2005)

E.1.25. Changes in MySQL 5.0.5 (Not released)

E.1.26. Changes in MySQL 5.0.4 (16 April 2005)

E.1.27. Changes in MySQL 5.0.3 (23 March 2005: Beta)

E.1.28. Changes in MySQL 5.0.2 (01 December 2004)

E.1.29. Changes in MySQL 5.0.1 (27 July 2004)

E.1.30. Changes in MySQL 5.0.0 (22 December 2003: Alpha)

E.2. Changes in MySQL Cluster     [+/-]

E.2.1. Changes in MySQL Cluster-5.0.7 (10 June 2005)

E.2.2. Changes in MySQL Cluster-5.0.6 (26 May 2005)

E.2.3. Changes in MySQL Cluster-5.0.5 (Not released)

E.2.4. Changes in MySQL Cluster-5.0.4 (16 April 2005)

E.2.5. Changes in MySQL Cluster-5.0.3 (23 March 2005: Beta)

E.2.6. Changes in MySQL Cluster-5.0.1 (27 July 2004)

E.2.7. Changes in MySQL Cluster-4.1.13 (15 July 2005)

E.2.8. Changes in MySQL Cluster-4.1.12 (13 May 2005)

E.2.9. Changes in MySQL Cluster-4.1.11 (01 April 2005)

E.2.10. Changes in MySQL Cluster-4.1.10 (12 February 2005)

E.2.11. Changes in MySQL Cluster-4.1.9 (13 January 2005)

E.2.12. Changes in MySQL Cluster-4.1.8 (14 December 2004)

E.2.13. Changes in MySQL Cluster-4.1.7 (23 October 2004)

E.2.14. Changes in MySQL Cluster-4.1.6 (10 October 2004)

E.2.15. Changes in MySQL Cluster-4.1.5 (16 September 2004)

E.2.16. Changes in MySQL Cluster-4.1.4 (31 August 2004)

E.2.17. Changes in MySQL Cluster-4.1.3 (28 June 2004)

E.3. MySQL Enterprise Monitor Change History     [+/-]

E.3.1. Changes in MySQL Enterprise Monitor 2.0.0 (11th December 2008)

E.4. MySQL Connector/ODBC (MyODBC) Change History     [+/-]

E.4.1. Changes in MySQL Connector/ODBC 5.1.6 (Not yet released)

E.4.2. Changes in MySQL Connector/ODBC 5.1.5 (18 August 2008)

E.4.3. Changes in MySQL Connector/ODBC 5.1.4 (15 April 2008)

E.4.4. Changes in MySQL Connector/ODBC 5.1.3 (26 March 2008)

E.4.5. Changes in MySQL Connector/ODBC 5.1.2 (13 February 2008)

E.4.6. Changes in MySQL Connector/ODBC 5.1.1 (13 December 2007)

E.4.7. Changes in MySQL Connector/ODBC 5.1.0 (10 September 2007)

E.4.8. Changes in MySQL Connector/ODBC 5.0.12 (Never released)

E.4.9. Changes in MySQL Connector/ODBC 5.0.11 (31 January 2007)

E.4.10. Changes in MySQL Connector/ODBC 5.0.10 (14 December 2006)

E.4.11. Changes in MySQL Connector/ODBC 5.0.9 (22 November 2006)

E.4.12. Changes in MySQL Connector/ODBC 5.0.8 (17 November 2006)

E.4.13. Changes in MySQL Connector/ODBC 5.0.7 (08 November 2006)

E.4.14. Changes in MySQL Connector/ODBC 5.0.6 (03 November 2006)

E.4.15. Changes in MySQL Connector/ODBC 5.0.5 (17 October 2006)

E.4.16. Changes in Connector/ODBC 5.0.3 (Connector/ODBC 5.0 Alpha 3) (20 June 2006)

E.4.17. Changes in Connector/ODBC 5.0.2 (Never released)

E.4.18. Changes in Connector/ODBC 5.0.1 (Connector/ODBC 5.0 Alpha 2) (05 June 2006)

E.4.19. Changes in MySQL Connector/ODBC 3.51.27 (20 November 2008)

E.4.20. Changes in MySQL Connector/ODBC 3.51.26 (07 July 2008)

E.4.21. Changes in MySQL Connector/ODBC 3.51.25 (11 April 2008)

E.4.22. Changes in MySQL Connector/ODBC 3.51.24 (14 March 2008)

E.4.23. Changes in MySQL Connector/ODBC 3.51.23 (09 January 2008)

E.4.24. Changes in MySQL Connector/ODBC 3.51.22 (13 November 2007)

E.4.25. Changes in MySQL Connector/ODBC 3.51.21 (08 October 2007)

E.4.26. Changes in MySQL Connector/ODBC 3.51.20 (10 September 2007)

E.4.27. Changes in MySQL Connector/ODBC 3.51.19 (10 August 2007)

E.4.28. Changes in MySQL Connector/ODBC 3.51.18 (08 August 2007)

E.4.29. Changes in MySQL Connector/ODBC 3.51.17 (14 July 2007)

E.4.30. Changes in MySQL Connector/ODBC 3.51.16 (14 June 2007)

E.4.31. Changes in MySQL Connector/ODBC 3.51.15 (07 May 2007)

E.4.32. Changes in MySQL Connector/ODBC 3.51.14 (08 March 2007)

E.4.33. Changes in MySQL Connector/ODBC 3.51.13 (Never released)

E.4.34. Changes in MySQL Connector/ODBC 3.51.12 (11 February 2005)

E.4.35. Changes in MySQL Connector/ODBC 3.51.11 (28 January 2005)

E.5. MySQL Connector/NET Change History     [+/-]

E.5.1. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET 5.3.0 (Not yet released)

E.5.2. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET 5.2.6 (Not yet released)

E.5.3. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET 5.2.5 (19 November 2008)

E.5.4. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET 5.2.4 (13 November 2008)

E.5.5. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET 5.2.3 (19 August 2008)

E.5.6. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET 5.2.2 (12 May 2008)

E.5.7. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET 5.2.1 (27 February 2008)

E.5.8. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET 5.2.0 (11 February 2008)

E.5.9. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET 5.1.8 (Not yet released)

E.5.10. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET 5.1.7 (21 August 2008)

E.5.11. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET 5.1.6 (12 May 2008)

E.5.12. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET 5.1.5 (Not yet released)

E.5.13. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET 5.1.4 (20 November 2007)

E.5.14. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET 5.1.3 (21 September 2007: beta)

E.5.15. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET 5.1.2 (18 June 2007)

E.5.16. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET 5.1.1 (23 May 2007)

E.5.17. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET 5.1.0 (01 May 2007)

E.5.18. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET 5.0.10 (Not yet released)

E.5.19. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET 5.0.9 (Not yet released)

E.5.20. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET 5.0.8 (21 August 2007)

E.5.21. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET 5.0.7 (18 May 2007)

E.5.22. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET 5.0.6 (22 March 2007)

E.5.23. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET 5.0.5 (07 March 2007)

E.5.24. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET 5.0.4 (Not released)

E.5.25. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET 5.0.3 (05 January 2007)

E.5.26. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET 5.0.2 (06 November 2006)

E.5.27. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET 5.0.1 (01 October 2006)

E.5.28. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET 5.0.0 (08 August 2006)

E.5.29. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET 1.0.11 (Not yet released)

E.5.30. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET 1.0.10 (24 August 2007)

E.5.31. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET 1.0.9 (02 February 2007)

E.5.32. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET 1.0.8 (20 October 2006)

E.5.33. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET 1.0.7 (21 November 2005)

E.5.34. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET 1.0.6 (03 October 2005)

E.5.35. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET 1.0.5 (29 August 2005)

E.5.36. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET 1.0.4 (20 January 2005)

E.5.37. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET 1.0.3 (12 October 2004: gamma)

E.5.38. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET 1.0.2 (15 November 2004: gamma)

E.5.39. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET 1.0.1 (27 October 2004: beta)

E.5.40. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET 1.0.0 (01 September 2004)

E.5.41. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET Version 0.9.0 (30 August 2004)

E.5.42. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET Version 0.76

E.5.43. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET Version 0.75

E.5.44. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET Version 0.74

E.5.45. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET Version 0.71

E.5.46. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET Version 0.70

E.5.47. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET Version 0.68

E.5.48. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET Version 0.65

E.5.49. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET Version 0.60

E.5.50. Changes in MySQL Connector/NET Version 0.50

E.6. MySQL Visual Studio Plugin Change History     [+/-]

E.6.1. Changes in MySQL Visual Studio Plugin 1.0.3 (Not yet released)

E.6.2. Changes in MySQL Visual Studio Plugin 1.0.2 (Not yet released)

E.6.3. Changes in MySQL Visual Studio Plugin 1.0.1 (4 October 2006)

E.6.4. Changes in MySQL Visual Studio Plugin 1.0.0 (4 October 2006)

E.7. MySQL Connector/J Change History     [+/-]

E.7.1. Changes in MySQL Connector/J 5.1.x

E.7.2. Changes in MySQL Connector/J 5.0.x

E.7.3. Changes in MySQL Connector/J 3.1.x

E.7.4. Changes in MySQL Connector/J 3.0.x

E.7.5. Changes in MySQL Connector/J 2.0.x

E.7.6. Changes in MySQL Connector/J 1.2b (04 July 1999)

E.7.7. Changes in MySQL Connector/J 1.2.x and lower

E.8. MySQL Connector/MXJ Change History     [+/-]

E.8.1. Changes in MySQL Connector/MXJ 5.0.6 (04 May 2007)

E.8.2. Changes in MySQL Connector/MXJ 5.0.5 (14 March 2007)

E.8.3. Changes in MySQL Connector/MXJ 5.0.4 (28 January 2007)

E.8.4. Changes in MySQL Connector/MXJ 5.0.3 (24 June 2006)

E.8.5. Changes in MySQL Connector/MXJ 5.0.2 (15 June 2006)

E.8.6. Changes in MySQL Connector/MXJ 5.0.1 (Never released)

E.8.7. Changes in MySQL Connector/MXJ 5.0.0 (09 December 2005)

E.9. MySQL Proxy Change History     [+/-]

E.9.1. Changes in MySQL Proxy 0.7.0 (Not yet released)

E.9.2. Changes in MySQL Proxy 0.6.1 (06 February 2008)

E.9.3. Changes in MySQL Proxy 0.6.0 (11 September 2007)

E.9.4. Changes in MySQL Proxy 0.5.1 (30 June 2007)

E.9.5. Changes in MySQL Proxy 0.5.0 (19 June 2007)

F. Restrictions and Limits     [+/-]

F.1. Restrictions on Stored Routines and Triggers

F.2. Restrictions on Server-Side Cursors

F.3. Restrictions on Subqueries

F.4. Restrictions on Views

F.5. Restrictions on XA Transactions

F.6. Restrictions on Character Sets

F.7. Limits in MySQL     [+/-]

F.7.1. Limits of Joins

F.7.2. The Maximum Number of Columns Per Table

F.7.3. Windows Platform Limitations

Index