MySQL Manual
1 General Information
- 1.1 About This Manual
- 1.2 What Is MySQL?
- 1.3 What Is MySQL AB?
- 1.4 MySQL Support and Licensing
- 1.5 MySQL 4.0 In A Nutshell
- 1.6 MySQL 4.1 In A Nutshell
- 1.7 MySQL Information Sources
- 1.8 How Standards-compatible Is MySQL?
- 1.9 MySQL and The Future (The TODO)
- 1.10 How MySQL Compares to Other Databases
- 10 Error Handling in MySQL
- 11 Spatial Extensions in MySQL
- 12 Extending MySQL
1.1 About This Manual
This is the MySQL reference manual; it documents MySQL
up to Version 4.1.1-alpha. Functional changes are always
indicated with reference to the version, so this manual is also suitable
if you are using an older version of the MySQL software
(such as 3.23 or 4.0-production).
There are also references for version 5.0 (development).
Being a reference manual, it does not provide general instruction on
SQL or relational database concepts.
As the MySQL Database Software is under constant development,
the manual is also updated frequently.
The most recent version of this manual is available at
http://www.mysql.com/documentation/ in many different formats,
including HTML, PDF, and Windows HLP versions.
The primary document is the Texinfo file.
The HTML version is produced automatically using a modified version of
texi2html.
The plain text and Info versions are produced with makeinfo.
The PostScript version is produced using texi2dvi and dvips.
The PDF version is produced with pdftex.
If you have a hard time finding information in the manual, you can try our searchable version at http://www.mysql.com/doc/.
If you have any suggestions concerning additions or corrections to this manual, please send them to the documentation team at docs@mysql.com.
This manual was initially written by David Axmark and Michael (Monty) Widenius. It is currently maintained by Michael (Monty) Widenius, Arjen Lentz, and Paul DuBois. For other contributors, see section C Credits.
The copyright (2003) to this manual is owned by the Swedish company
MySQL AB. See section 1.4.2 Copyrights and Licenses Used by MySQL.
