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    1. General Information
    2. MySQL Installation
    3. Tutorial Introduction
    4. Database Administration
    5. MySQL Optimisation
    6. MySQL Language Reference
    7. MySQL Table Types
    8. MySQL APIs
    9. Extending MySQL

    2 MySQL Technical Reference for Version 4.0.3 1.1  About This Manual This is the MySQL reference manual; it documents MySQL Version 4.0.3-beta.  Being a refer- ence 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 up- dated frequently. The most recent version of this manual is available at http://www.mysql. in  many  di erent  formats,  including  Texinfo,  plain  text,  Info,  HTML,  PostScript,  PDF, and Windows HLP versions. The primary document is the Texinfo le.  The HTML version is produced automatically using  a  modi ed  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 nding information in the manual, you can try our searchable PHP 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  is  written  and  maintained  by  David  Axmark,  Michael  (Monty)  Widenius, Jeremy  Cole,  Arjen  Lentz,  and  Paul  DuBois.   For  other  contributors,  see  Appendix  C [Credits], page 666. The  copyright  (2002)  to  this  manual  is  owned  by  the  Swedish  company  MySQL AB.   See Section 1.4.2 [Copyright], page 16. 1.1.1  Conventions Used in This Manual This manual uses certain typographical conventions: constant Constant-width font is used for command names and options; SQL statements; database,  table,  and column names;  C and Perl code;  and environment vari- ables.   Example:  \To  see  how  mysqladmin  works,  invoke  it  with  the  --help option." `filename' Constant-width font with surrounding quotes is used for lenames and path- names.  Example: \The distribution is installed under the `/usr/local/' direc- tory." `c' Constant-width font with surrounding quotes is also used to indicate character sequences.  Example:  \To specify a wildcard, use the `%' character." italic Italic font is used for emphasis, like this. boldface Boldface font is used in table headings and to convey especially strong emphasis. When commands are shown that are meant to be executed by a particular program, the program is indicated by a prompt shown before the command.  For example, shell> indi- cates a command that you execute from your login shell, and mysql> indicates a command that you execute from the mysql client program:
     

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