Table of Contents for
MySQL in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition
MySQL in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition
Published by
O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2008
- Cover
- MySQL in a Nutshell
- MySQL in a Nutshell
- Dedication
- Preface
- The Purpose of This Book
- How This Book Is Organized
- Conventions Used in This Book
- Using Code Examples
- Request for Comments
- Safari® Enabled
- Acknowledgments
- I. Introduction and Tutorials
- 1. Introduction to MySQL
- The Value of MySQL
- The MySQL Package
- Licensing
- Mailing Lists
- Books and Other Publications
- 2. Installing MySQL
- Choosing a Distribution
- Unix Source Distributions
- Unix Binary Distributions
- Linux RPM Distributions
- Macintosh OS X Distributions
- Novell NetWare Distributions
- Windows Distributions
- Postinstallation
- 3. MySQL Basics
- The mysql Client
- Creating a Database and Tables
- Show Me
- Inserting Data
- Selecting Data
- Ordering, Limiting, and Grouping
- Analyzing and Manipulating Data
- Changing Data
- Deleting Data
- Searching Data
- Importing Data in Bulk
- Command-Line Interface
- Conclusion
- II. SQL Statements and Functions
- 4. Security and User Statements and Functions
- Statements and Functions
- SQL Statements in Alphabetical Order
- CREATE USER
- DROP USER
- FLUSH
- GRANT
- RENAME USER
- RESET
- REVOKE
- SET PASSWORD
- SHOW GRANTS
- SHOW PRIVILEGES
- Functions in Alphabetical Order
- AES_DECRYPT()
- AES_ENCRYPT()
- CURRENT_USER()
- DECODE()
- DES_DECRYPT()
- DES_ENCRYPT()
- ENCODE()
- ENCRYPT()
- MD5()
- OLD_PASSWORD()
- PASSWORD()
- SESSION_USER()
- SHA()
- SHA1()
- SYSTEM_USER()
- USER()
- 5. Database and Table Schema Statements
- Statements and Clauses in Alphabetical Order
- ALTER DATABASE
- ALTER SCHEMA
- ALTER SERVER
- ALTER TABLE
- ALTER VIEW
- CREATE DATABASE
- CREATE INDEX
- CREATE SCHEMA
- CREATE SERVER
- CREATE TABLE
- CREATE VIEW
- DESCRIBE
- DROP DATABASE
- DROP INDEX
- DROP SERVER
- DROP TABLE
- DROP VIEW
- RENAME DATABASE
- RENAME TABLE
- SHOW CHARACTER SET
- SHOW COLLATION
- SHOW COLUMNS
- SHOW CREATE DATABASE
- SHOW CREATE TABLE
- SHOW CREATE VIEW
- SHOW DATABASES
- SHOW INDEXES
- SHOW SCHEMAS
- SHOW TABLE STATUS
- SHOW TABLES
- SHOW VIEWS
- 6. Data Manipulation Statements and Functions
- Statements and Functions Grouped by Characteristics
- Statements and Clauses in Alphabetical Order
- BEGIN
- COMMIT
- DELETE
- DO
- EXPLAIN
- HANDLER
- HELP
- INSERT
- JOIN
- LIMIT
- LOAD DATA INFILE
- RELEASE SAVEPOINT
- REPLACE
- ROLLBACK
- ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT
- SAVEPOINT
- SELECT
- SET
- SET TRANSACTION
- SHOW ERRORS
- SHOW WARNINGS
- START TRANSACTION
- TRUNCATE
- UNION
- UPDATE
- USE
- XA
- Functions in Alphabetical Order
- ANALYSE()
- BENCHMARK()
- DATABASE()
- FOUND_ROWS()
- LAST_INSERT_ID()
- ROW_COUNT()
- SCHEMA()
- 7. Table and Server Administration Statements and Functions
- Statements and Clauses in Alphabetical Order
- ALTER SERVER
- ANALYZE TABLE
- BACKUP TABLE
- CACHE INDEX
- CHECK TABLE
- CHECKSUM TABLE
- CREATE SERVER
- FLUSH
- KILL
- LOAD INDEX INTO CACHE
- LOCK TABLES
- OPTIMIZE TABLE
- REPAIR TABLE
- RESET
- RESTORE TABLE
- SET
- SHOW ENGINE
- SHOW ENGINES
- SHOW OPEN TABLES
- SHOW PLUGINS
- SHOW PROCESSLIST
- SHOW STATUS
- SHOW TABLE STATUS
- SHOW VARIABLES
- UNLOCK TABLES
- Functions in Alphabetical Order
- CONNECTION_ID()
- GET_LOCK()
- IS_FREE_LOCK()
- IS_USED_LOCK()
- RELEASE_LOCK()
- UUID()
- VERSION()
- 8. Replication Statements and Functions
- Merits of Replication
- Replication Process
- The Replication User Account
- Configuring the Servers
- Copying Databases and Starting Replication
- Starting Replication
- Backups with Replication
- SQL Statements and Functions in Alphabetical Order
- CHANGE MASTER TO
- LOAD DATA FROM MASTER
- LOAD TABLE...FROM MASTER
- MASTER_POS_WAIT()
- PURGE MASTER LOGS
- RESET MASTER
- RESET SLAVE
- SET GLOBAL SQL_SLAVE_SKIP_COUNTER
- SET SQL_LOG_BIN
- SHOW BINLOG EVENTS
- SHOW BINARY LOGS
- SHOW MASTER LOGS
- SHOW MASTER STATUS
- SHOW SLAVE HOSTS
- SHOW SLAVE STATUS
- START SLAVE
- STOP SLAVE
- Replication States
- 9. Stored Routines Statements
- Statements in Alphabetical Order
- ALTER EVENT
- ALTER FUNCTION
- ALTER PROCEDURE
- ALTER TRIGGER
- BEGIN...END
- CALL
- CLOSE
- CREATE EVENT
- CREATE FUNCTION
- CREATE PROCEDURE
- CREATE TRIGGER
- DECLARE
- DELIMITER
- DROP EVENT
- DROP FUNCTION
- DROP PREPARE
- DROP PROCEDURE
- DROP TRIGGER
- EXECUTE
- FETCH
- OPEN
- PREPARE
- SHOW CREATE EVENT
- SHOW CREATE FUNCTION
- SHOW CREATE PROCEDURE
- SHOW EVENTS
- SHOW FUNCTION CODE
- SHOW FUNCTION STATUS
- SHOW PROCEDURE CODE
- SHOW PROCEDURE STATUS
- SHOW TRIGGERS
- 10. Aggregate Clauses, Aggregate Functions, and Subqueries
- Aggregate Functions in Alphabetical Order
- AVG()
- BIT_AND()
- BIT_OR()
- BIT_XOR()
- COUNT()
- GROUP_CONCAT()
- MAX()
- MIN()
- STD()
- STDDEV()
- STDDEV_POP()
- STDDEV_SAMP()
- SUM()
- VAR_POP()
- VAR_SAMP()
- VARIANCE()
- Subqueries
- 11. String Functions
- String Functions Grouped by Type
- String Functions in Alphabetical Order
- ASCII()
- BIN()
- BINARY
- BIT_LENGTH()
- CAST()
- CHAR()
- CHAR_LENGTH()
- CHARACTER_LENGTH()
- CHARSET()
- COALESCE()
- COERCIBILITY()
- COLLATION()
- COMPRESS()
- CONCAT()
- CONCAT_WS()
- CONVERT()
- CRC32()
- ELT()
- EXPORT_SET()
- FIELD()
- FIND_IN_SET()
- HEX()
- INSERT()
- INSTR()
- INTERVAL()
- LCASE()
- LEFT()
- LENGTH()
- LOAD_FILE()
- LOCATE()
- LOWER()
- LPAD()
- LTRIM()
- MAKE_SET()
- MATCH() AGAINST()
- MID()
- OCTET_LENGTH()
- ORD()
- POSITION()
- QUOTE()
- REPEAT()
- REPLACE()
- REVERSE()
- RIGHT()
- RPAD()
- RTRIM()
- SOUNDEX()
- SPACE()
- STRCMP()
- SUBSTR()
- SUBSTRING()
- SUBSTRING_INDEX()
- TRIM()
- UCASE()
- UNCOMPRESS()
- UNCOMPRESSED_LENGTH()
- UNHEX()
- UPPER()
- 12. Date and Time Functions
- Date and Time Functions Grouped by Type
- Date and Time Functions in Alphabetical Order
- ADDDATE()
- ADDTIME()
- CONVERT_TZ()
- CURDATE()
- CURRENT_DATE()
- CURRENT_TIME()
- CURRENT_TIMESTAMP()
- CURTIME()
- DATE()
- DATE_ADD()
- DATE_FORMAT()
- DATE_SUB()
- DATEDIFF()
- DAY()
- DAYNAME()
- DAYOFMONTH()
- DAYOFWEEK()
- DAYOFYEAR()
- EXTRACT()
- FROM_DAYS()
- FROM_UNIXTIME()
- GET_FORMAT()
- HOUR()
- LAST_DAY()
- LOCALTIME()
- LOCALTIMESTAMP()
- MAKEDATE()
- MAKETIME()
- MICROSECOND()
- MINUTE()
- MONTH()
- MONTHNAME()
- NOW()
- PERIOD_ADD()
- PERIOD_DIFF()
- QUARTER()
- SEC_TO_TIME()
- SECOND()
- SLEEP()
- STR_TO_DATE()
- SUBDATE()
- SUBTIME()
- SYSDATE()
- TIME()
- TIME_FORMAT()
- TIME_TO_SEC()
- TIMEDIFF()
- TIMESTAMP()
- TIMESTAMPADD()
- TIMESTAMPDIFF()
- TO_DAYS()
- UNIX_TIMESTAMP()
- UTC_DATE()
- UTC_TIME()
- UTC_TIMESTAMP()
- WEEK()
- WEEKDAY()
- WEEKOFYEAR()
- YEAR()
- YEARWEEK()
- 13. Mathematical Functions
- Functions in Alphabetical Order
- ABS()
- ACOS()
- ASIN()
- ATAN()
- ATAN2()
- BIT_COUNT()
- CEIL()
- CEILING()
- CONV()
- COS()
- COT()
- DEGREES()
- EXP()
- FLOOR()
- FORMAT()
- GREATEST()
- INET_ATON()
- INET_NTOA()
- LEAST()
- LN()
- LOG()
- LOG2()
- LOG10()
- MOD()
- OCT()
- PI()
- POW()
- POWER()
- RADIANS()
- RAND()
- ROUND()
- SIGN()
- SIN()
- SQRT()
- TAN()
- TRUNCATE()
- 14. Flow Control Functions
- Functions in Alphabetical Order
- CASE
- IF()
- IFNULL()
- ISNULL()
- NULLIF()
- III. MySQL Server and Client Tools
- 15. MySQL Server and Client
- mysql Client
- mysql
- mysqld Server
- mysqld
- mysqld_multi
- mysqld_multi
- mysqld_safe
- mysqld_safe
- 16. Command-Line Utilities
- comp_err
- make_binary_distribution
- msql2mysql
- my_print_defaults
- myisam_ftdump
- myisamchk
- myisamlog
- myisampack
- mysql_convert_table_format
- mysql_find_rows
- mysql_fix_extensions
- mysql_fix_privilege_tables
- mysql_setpermission
- mysql_tableinfo
- mysql_upgrade
- mysql_waitpid
- mysql_zap
- mysqlaccess
- mysqladmin
- mysqlbinlog
- mysqlbug
- mysqlcheck
- mysqldump
- mysqldumpslow
- mysqlhotcopy
- mysqlimport
- mysqlshow
- mysqlslap
- perror
- replace
- resolveip
- resolve_stack_dump
- IV. APIs and Connectors
- 17. C API
- Using C with MySQL
- Functions in Alphabetical Order
- mysql_affected_rows()
- mysql_autocommit()
- mysql_change_user()
- mysql_character_set_name()
- mysql_close()
- mysql_commit()
- mysql_connect()
- mysql_create_db()
- mysql_data_seek()
- mysql_debug()
- mysql_drop_db()
- mysql_dump_debug_info()
- mysql_eof()
- mysql_errno()
- mysql_error()
- mysql_escape_string()
- mysql_fetch_field()
- mysql_fetch_field_direct()
- mysql_fetch_fields()
- mysql_fetch_lengths()
- mysql_fetch_row()
- mysql_field_count()
- mysql_field_seek()
- mysql_field_tell()
- mysql_free_result()
- mysql_get_client_info()
- mysql_get_character_set_info()
- mysql_get_client_version()
- mysql_get_host_info()
- mysql_get_proto_info()
- mysql_get_server_info()
- mysql_get_server_version()
- mysql_get_ssl_cipher()
- mysql_hex_string()
- mysql_info()
- mysql_init()
- mysql_insert_id()
- mysql_kill()
- mysql_library_end()
- mysql_library_init()
- mysql_list_dbs()
- mysql_list_fields()
- mysql_list_processes()
- mysql_list_tables()
- mysql_more_results()
- mysql_next_result()
- mysql_num_fields()
- mysql_num_rows()
- mysql_options()
- mysql_ping()
- mysql_query()
- mysql_real_connect()
- mysql_real_escape_string()
- mysql_real_query()
- mysql_reload()
- mysql_refresh()
- mysql_rollback()
- mysql_row_seek()
- mysql_row_tell()
- mysql_select_db()
- mysql_set_character_set()
- mysql_set_local_infile_default()
- mysql_set_local_infile_handler()
- mysql_set_server_option()
- mysql_shutdown()
- mysql_sqlstate()
- mysql_ssl_set()
- mysql_stat()
- mysql_store_result()
- mysql_thread_end()
- mysql_thread_id()
- mysql_thread_init()
- mysql_thread_safe()
- mysql_use_result()
- mysql_warning_count()
- C API Datatypes
- 18. Perl API
- Using Perl DBI with MySQL
- Perl DBI Reference
- available_drivers()
- begin_work()
- bind_col()
- bind_columns()
- bind_param()
- bind_param_array()
- bind_param_inout()
- can()
- clone()
- column_info()
- commit()
- connect()
- connect_cached()
- data_diff()
- data_sources()
- data_string_desc()
- data_string_diff()
- disconnect()
- do()
- dump_results()
- err()
- errstr()
- execute()
- execute_array()
- execute_for_fetch()
- fetch()
- fetchall_arrayref()
- fetchall_hashref()
- fetchrow_array()
- fetchrow_arrayref()
- fetchrow_hashref()
- finish()
- foreign_key_info()
- func()
- get_info()
- installed_drivers()
- installed_versions()
- last_insert_id()
- looks_like_number()
- neat()
- neat_list()
- parse_dsn()
- parse_trace_flag()
- parse_trace_flags()
- ping()
- prepare()
- prepare_cached()
- primary_key()
- primary_key_info()
- private_attribute_info()
- quote()
- quote_identifier()
- rollback()
- rows()
- selectall_arrayref()
- selectall_hashref()
- selectcol_arrayref()
- selectrow_array()
- selectrow_arrayref()
- selectrow_hashref()
- set_err()
- state()
- statistics_info()
- swap_inner_handle()
- table_info()
- tables()
- take_imp_data()
- trace()
- trace_msg()
- type_info()
- type_info_all()
- Attributes for Handles
- 19. PHP API
- Using PHP with MySQL
- PHP MySQL Functions in Alphabetical Order
- mysql_affected_rows()
- mysql_change_user()
- mysql_client_encoding()
- mysql_close()
- mysql_connect()
- mysql_create_db()
- mysql_data_seek()
- mysql_db_name()
- mysql_db_query()
- mysql_drop_db()
- mysql_errno()
- mysql_error()
- mysql_escape_string()
- mysql_fetch_array()
- mysql_fetch_assoc()
- mysql_fetch_field()
- mysql_fetch_lengths()
- mysql_fetch_object()
- mysql_fetch_row()
- mysql_field_flags()
- mysql_field_len()
- mysql_field_name()
- mysql_field_seek()
- mysql_field_table()
- mysql_field_type()
- mysql_free_result()
- mysql_get_client_info()
- mysql_get_host_info()
- mysql_get_proto_info()
- mysql_get_server_info()
- mysql_info()
- mysql_insert_id()
- mysql_list_dbs()
- mysql_list_fields()
- mysql_list_processes()
- mysql_list_tables()
- mysql_num_fields()
- mysql_num_rows()
- mysql_pconnect()
- mysql_ping()
- mysql_query()
- mysql_real_escape_string()
- mysql_result()
- mysql_select_db()
- mysql_set_charset()
- mysql_stat()
- mysql_tablename()
- mysql_thread_id()
- mysql_unbuffered_query()
- V. Appendixes
- A. Data Types
- Numeric Data Types
- BIT
- TINYINT
- BOOL, BOOLEAN
- SMALLINT
- MEDIUMINT
- INT, INTEGER
- BIGINT, SERIAL
- FLOAT
- DOUBLE, DOUBLE PRECISION
- DEC, DECIMAL, FIXED, NUMERIC
- Date and Time Data Types
- String Data Types
- CHAR
- VARCHAR
- BINARY
- VARBINARY
- TINYBLOB
- TINYTEXT
- BLOB
- TEXT
- MEDIUMBLOB
- MEDIUMTEXT
- LONGBLOB
- LONGTEXT
- ENUM
- SET
- B. Operators
- Arithmetic Operators
- Relational Operators
- Logical Operators
- Bitwise Operators
- Regular Expressions
- C. Server and Environment Variables
- Index
- About the Author
- Colophon
- Copyright
Name
mysql_tableinfo
Synopsis
mysql_tableinfooptionsnew_database[existing_database[existing_table]]
This utility creates a table containing information about existing tables in a database. You have to specify the database that will contain the newly created metadata tables, and the utility will create the database if it does not exist. If given the name of an existing database, it will use its metadata as its basis. If also given a table name, it will refer to its metadata.
The utility will create four tables in the database:
db, col, idx,
and tbl. This last table may be named
tbl_status instead. It uses the SHOW
COLUMNS, SHOW DATABASES, SHOW
INDEXES, SHOW TABLES, and SHOW
TABLE STATUS statements to get metadata information. The user
given must have the necessary privileges for these statements.
mysql_tableinfo options
--clearThis option drops all four tables to be created by the utility if they exist, before creating new ones and populating them.
--clear-onlyThis option drops all four tables to be created by the utility if they exist, but doesn’t create new ones—the utility will exit when it’s finished deleting the tables.
--colThis option puts column metadata into the
coltable.--help,-?,-IThis option displays help information about the utility.
--host=,host-hhostThis option specifies the host on which to obtain metadata information and to create tables.
--idxThis option puts index metadata into the
idxtable.--password=,password-ppasswordThis option provides the password of the user logging into the server.
--port=,port-PportThis option specifies the port on which to connect to the server. The default is 3306.
--prefix=stringThis option adds a prefix to the names of the tables that the utility creates (e.g.,
metadata_dbinstead ofdb).--quiet,-qThis option suppresses all messages except for error messages.
--socket=,filename-SfilenameThis option provides the name of the server’s socket file.
--tbl-statusThis option takes metadata from the
SHOW TABLE STATUSstatement instead ofSHOW TABLES. The result is more metadata but a slower process.--user=,user-uuserThis option provides the username for logging into the server.