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- 1.1 About This Guide
- 1.1.1 Conventions Used in This Manual
- 1.2 Overview of the MySQL Database Management System
- 1.2.1 History of MySQL
- 1.2.2 The Main Features of MySQL
- 1.2.3 MySQL Stability
- 1.2.4 How Big MySQL Tables Can Be
- 1.2.5 Year 2000 Compliance
- 1.3 Overview of MySQL AB
- 1.3.1 The Business Model and Services of MySQL AB
- 1.3.2 Contact Information
- 1.4 MySQL Support and Licensing
- 1.4.1 Support Offered by MySQL AB
- 1.4.2 Copyrights and Licenses Used by MySQL
- 1.4.3 MySQL Licenses
- 1.4.4 MySQL AB Logos and Trademarks
- 1.5 MySQL Development Roadmap
- 1.5.1 MySQL 4.0 in a Nutshell
- 1.5.2 MySQL 4.1 in a Nutshell
- 1.5.3 MySQL 5.0: The Next Development Release
- 1.6 MySQL and the Future (the TODO)
- 1.6.1 New Features Planned for 4.1
- 1.6.2 New Features Planned for 5.0
- 1.6.3 New Features Planned for 5.1
- 1.6.4 New Features Planned for the Near Future
- 1.6.5 New Features Planned for the Mid-Term Future
- 1.6.6 New Features We Don’t Plan to Implement
- 1.7 MySQL Information Sources
- 1.7.1 MySQL Mailing Lists
- 1.8 MySQL Standards Compliance
- 1.8.1 What Standards MySQL Follows
- 1.8.2 Selecting SQL Modes
- 1.8.3 Running MySQL in ANSI Mode
- 1.8.4 MySQL Extensions to Standard SQL
- 1.8.5 MySQL Differences from Standard SQL
- 1.8.6 How MySQL Deals with Constraints
- 1.8.7 Known Errors and Design Deficiencies in MySQL
- Language Structure
- 2.1 Literal Values
- 2.1.1 Strings
- 2.1.2 Numbers
- 2.1.3 Hexadecimal Values
- 2.1.4 Boolean Values
- 2.1.5 NULLValues
- 2.2 Database, Table, Index, Column, and Alias Names
- 2.2.1 Identifier Qualifiers
- 2.2.2 Identifier Case Sensitivity
- 2.3 User Variables
- 2.4 System Variables
- 2.4.1 Structured System Variables
- 2.5 Comment Syntax
- 2.6 Treatment of Reserved Words in MySQL
- Character Set Support
- 3.1 Character Sets and Collations in General
- 3.2 Character Sets and Collations in MySQL
- 3.3 Determining the Default Character Set and Collation
- 3.3.1 Server Character Set and Collation
- 3.3.2 Database Character Set and Collation
- 3.3.3 Table Character Set and Collation
- 3.3.4 Column Character Set and Collation
- 3.3.5 Examples of Character Set and Collation Assignment
- 3.3.6 Connection Character Sets and Collations
- 3.3.7 Character String Literal Character Set and Collation
- 3.3.8 Using COLLATEin SQL Statements
- 3.3.9 COLLATEClause Precedence
- 3.3.10 BINARYOperator
- 3.3.12 Collations Must Be for the Right Character Set
- 3.3.13 An Example of the Effect of Collation
- 3.4 Operations Affected by Character Set Support
- 3.4.1 Result Strings
- 3.4.2 CONVERT()
- 3.4.3 CAST()
- 3.4.4 SHOWStatements
- 3.5 Unicode Support
- 3.6 UTF8 for Metadata
- 3.7 Compatibility with Other DBMSs
- 3.8 New Character Set Configuration File Format
- 3.9 National Character Set
- 3.10 Upgrading Character Sets from MySQL 4.0
- 3.10.2 Converting 4.0 Character Columns to 4.1 Format
- 3.11 Character Sets and Collations That MySQL Supports
- 3.11.1 Unicode Character Sets
- 3.11.2 West European Character Sets
- 3.11.3 Central European Character Sets
- 3.11.4 South European and Middle East Character Sets
- 3.11.5 Baltic Character Sets
- 3.11.6 Cyrillic Character Sets
- 3.11.7 Asian Character Sets
- Column Types
- 4.1 Column Type Overview
- 4.1.1 Overview of Numeric Types
- 4.1.2 Overview of Date and Time Types
- 4.1.3 Overview of String Types
- 4.2 Numeric Types
- 4.3 Date and Time Types
- 4.3.1 The DATETIME, DATE, and TIMESTAMPTypes
- 4.3.3 The YEARType
- 4.3.4 Y2K Issues and Date Types
- 4.4 String Types
- 4.4.2 The BLOBand TEXTTypes
- 4.4.3 The ENUMType
- 4.4.4 The SETType
- 4.5 Column Type Storage Requirements
- Storage Requirements for Numeric Types
- Storage Requirements for Date and Time Types
- Storage Requirements for String Types
- 4.6 Choosing the Right Type for a Column
- 4.7 Using Column Types from Other Database Engines
- Functions and Operators
- 5.1 Operators
- 5.1.1 Parentheses
- 5.1.2 Comparison Operators
- 5.1.3 Logical Operators
- 5.1.4 Case-Sensitivity Operators
- 5.2 Control Flow Functions
- 5.3 String Functions
- 5.3.1 String Comparison Functions
- 5.4 Numeric Functions
- 5.4.1 Arithmetic Operators
- 5.4.2 Mathematical Functions
- 5.5 Date and Time Functions
- 5.6 Full-Text Search Functions
- 5.6.1 Boolean Full-Text Searches
- 5.6.2 Full-Text Searches with Query Expansion
- 5.6.3 Full-Text Restrictions
- 5.6.4 Fine-Tuning MySQL Full-Text Search
- 5.6.5 Full-Text Search TODO
- 5.7 Cast Functions
- 5.8 Other Functions
- 5.8.1 Bit Functions
- 5.8.2 Encryption Functions
- 5.8.3 Information Functions
- 5.8.4 Miscellaneous Functions
- 5.9 Functions and Modifiers for Use with GROUP BYClauses
- 5.9.1 GROUP BY(Aggregate) Functions
- 5.9.2 GROUP BYModifiers
- Other Considerations When Using ROLLUP
- 5.9.3 GROUP BYwith Hidden Fields
- SQL Statement Syntax
- 6.1 Data Manipulation Statements
- 6.1.1 DELETESyntax
- 6.1.2 DOSyntax
- 6.1.3 HANDLERSyntax
- 6.1.4 INSERTSyntax
- 6.1.5 LOAD DATA INFILESyntax
- 6.1.6 REPLACESyntax
- 6.1.7 SELECTSyntax
- 6.1.8 Subquery Syntax
- 6.1.9 TRUNCATESyntax
- 6.1.10 UPDATESyntax
- 6.2 Data Definition Statements
- 6.2.1 ALTER DATABASESyntax
- 6.2.2 ALTER TABLESyntax
- 6.2.3 CREATE DATABASESyntax
- 6.2.4 CREATE INDEXSyntax
- 6.2.5 CREATE TABLESyntax
- 6.2.6 DROP DATABASESyntax
- 6.2.7 DROP INDEXSyntax
- 6.2.8 DROP TABLESyntax
- 6.2.9 RENAME TABLESyntax
- 6.3 MySQL Utility Statements
- 6.3.1 DESCRIBESyntax (Get Information About Columns)
- 6.3.2 USESyntax
- 6.4 MySQL Transactional and Locking Statements
- 6.4.1 START TRANSACTION, COMMIT, and ROLLBACKSyntax
- 6.4.2 Statements That Cannot Be Rolled Back
- 6.4.3 Statements That Cause an Implicit Commit
- 6.4.4 SAVEPOINTand ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINTSyntax
- 6.4.5 LOCK TABLESand UNLOCK TABLESSyntax
- 6.4.6 SET TRANSACTIONSyntax
- 6.5 Database Administration Statements
- 6.5.1 Account Management Statements
- 6.5.2 Table Maintenance Statements
- 6.5.3 SETand SHOWSyntax
- 6.5.4 Other Administrative Statements
- 6.6 Replication Statements
- 6.6.1 SQL Statements for Controlling Master Servers
- 6.6.2 SQL Statements for Controlling Slave Servers
- Spatial Extensions in MySQL
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 The OpenGIS Geometry Model
- 7.2.1 The Geometry Class Hierarchy
- 7.2.2 Class Geometry
- 7.2.3 Class Point
- 7.2.4 Class Curve
- 7.2.5 Class LineString
- 7.2.6 Class Surface
- 7.2.7 Class Polygon
- 7.2.8 Class GeometryCollection
- 7.2.9 Class MultiPoint
- 7.2.10 Class MultiCurve
- 7.2.11 Class MultiLineString
- 7.2.12 Class MultiSurface
- 7.2.13 Class MultiPolygon
- 7.3 Supported Spatial Data Formats
- 7.3.1 Well-Known Text (WKT) Format
- 7.3.2 Well-Known Binary (WKB) Format
- 7.4 Creating a Spatially Enabled MySQL Database
- 7.4.1 MySQL Spatial Data Types
- 7.4.2 Creating Spatial Values
- 7.4.3 Creating Spatial Columns
- 7.4.4 Populating Spatial Columns
- 7.4.5 Fetching Spatial Data
- 7.5 Analyzing Spatial Information
- 7.5.1 Geometry Format Conversion Functions
- 7.5.2 GeometryFunctions
- 7.6 Optimizing Spatial Analysis
- 7.6.1 Creating Spatial Indexes
- 7.6.2 Using a Spatial Index
- 7.7 MySQL Conformance and Compatibility
- 7.7.1 GIS Features That Are Not Yet Implemented
- Stored Procedures and Functions
- 8.1 Stored Procedure Syntax
- 8.1.1 Maintaining Stored Procedures
- 8.1.2 SHOW PROCEDURE STATUSand SHOW FUNCTION STATUS
- 8.1.3 CALL
- 8.1.4 BEGIN ... ENDCompound Statement
- 8.1.5 DECLAREStatement
- 8.1.6 Variables in Stored Procedures
- 8.1.7 Conditions and Handlers
- 8.1.8 Cursors
- 8.1.9 Flow Control Constructs
- Error Handling in MySQL
- 9.1 Error Returns
- 9.2 Error Messages
- Troubleshooting Query Problems
- A.1 Query-Related Issues
- A.1.1 Case Sensitivity in Searches
- A.1.2 Problems Using DATEColumns
- A.1.3 Problems with NULLValues
- A.1.4 Problems with Column Aliases
- A.1.5 Rollback Failure for Non-Transactional Tables
- A.1.6 Deleting Rows from Related Tables
- A.1.7 Solving Problems with No Matching Rows
- A.1.8 Problems with Floating-Point Comparisons
- A.2 Optimizer-Related Issues
- A.3 Table Definition-Related Issues
- A.3.1 Problems with ALTER TABLE
- A.3.2 How to Change the Order of Columns in a Table
- A.3.3 TEMPORARY TABLEProblems
- MySQL Regular Expressions
- Index
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