Option Defaults, Options Expecting Values, and the = Sign By convention, long forms of options...
Using Option Files Most MySQL programs can read startup options from option files (also sometimes...
Program Option Modifiers Some options are “boolean” and control behavior that can be turned on or...
Creating an Option File If you need to specify startup options when you run the server, you can...
: ■ Create Database—Select this option to create your database now. ■ Save as a Database Template—Select this...
: • Options are given after the command name. • An option argument begins with one dash or two dashes...
on the command line take precedence over values specified in option files and environment variables, and...
this option when the number of total clients is expected to be small, for example, 50 or fewer. You...
alternatives are shown, applications should be updated to use them. • The --log server option and the log...
] option. In MySQL 4.1 and higher, Windows servers also support shared-memory connections if started with...
