General Security Issues This section describes general security issues to be aware of and what you can do to make your MySQL installation more secure against attack or misuse. For information specifically about the access control system that MySQL uses for setting up user accounts and checking da...
A large amount of contributed MySQL software is available. MySQL Server has a practical set of features developed in close cooperation with our users. It is very likely that your favorite application or language supports the MySQL Database Server. The official way to pronounce “MySQL” is “My Ess ...
MyISAM Notes For MyISAM tables, you can specify AUTO_INCREMENT on a secondary column in a multiplecolumn index. In this case, the generated value for the AUTO_INCREMENT column is calculated as MAX(auto_increment_column) + 1 WHERE prefix=given-pre...
MySQL Enterprise Oracle offers technical support in the form of MySQL Enterprise. For organizations that rely on the MySQL DBMS for business-critical production applications, MySQL Enterprise is a commercial subscription offering which includes MySQL Enterprise Server • MySQL Enterprise Monitor...
MySQL is a database management system. A database is a structured collection of data. It may be anything from a simple shopping list to a picture gallery or the vast amounts of information in a corporate network. To add, access, and process data stored in a computer database, you need a database ...
MySQL Server works in client/server or embedded systems. The MySQL Database Software is a client/server system that consists of a multi-threaded SQL server that supports different backends, several different client programs and libraries, administrative tools, and a wide range of application prog...
OpenGIS. The OpenGIS specification defines functions that test the relationship between two geometry values. MySQL originally implemented these functions such that they used object bounding rectangles and returned the same result as the correspo...
Using User-Defined Variables You can employ MySQL user variables to remember results without having to store them in temporary variables in the client. (See Section 9.4, “User-Defined Variables”.) For example, to find the articles with the highest and lowest price you can do this: mysql SELECT @...
Choose which distribution to install. Several versions of MySQL are available, and most are available in several distribution formats. You can choose from pre-packaged distributions containing binary (precompiled) programs or source code. When in doubt, use a binary distribution. We also provide ...
Compiler Flags To specify compiler flags, set the CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS environment variables before running CMake. Example: shell CFLAGS=-DHAVE_EMBEDDED_PRIVILEGE_CONTROL shell CXXFLAGS=-DH...
