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{{software|MySQL}}{{seed}}[[MySQL]] is a [[FOSS]] database engine and server. It fills roughly the same niche as [[Microsoft SQL Server]].
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==About==
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[[MySQL]] is a [[FOSS]] database engine and server. It fills roughly the same niche as [[Microsoft SQL Server]].
  
The MySQL package (at least in Linux) comes with a number of helper utilities, including [[MySQL Administrator]] and [[MySQL Query Browser]]. The Administrator utility is useful for making backups, and the Query Browser serves as a front-end for interacting with databases. The Query Browser is, however, somewhat buggy as of version 4.
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The MySQL package (at least in Linux) has a number of helper utilities available, including [[MySQL Workbench]] (a combination of the former [[MySQL Administrator]] and [[MySQL Query Browser]] applications).
 
==Articles==
 
==Articles==
* [[Using MySQL with MS Access]]
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* '''SQL Syntax''':
==Criticisms==
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** [[/GROUP_CONCAT]]
MySQL has been criticized by at least one user of lacking production-quality features, with version 5.0 only just starting to add them, where as other [[FOSS]] alternatives such as [[PostgreSQL]] had such features in their very earliest versions. MySQL has also been criticized for bad performance, e.g. locking entire tables when it only should have locked a row, as well as general incompatibility (Editor's note: with what?). (See also [[Wikipedia:MySQL#Criticisms of MySQL]])
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** [[/INSERT]]
 
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* '''Versions''': stuff particular to specific versions
==Working Notes==
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** [[/version/5.7]]
* If mysql refuses to respond to connection attempts from anywhere but the local machine, you need to edit /etc/mysql/my.conf and comment out the following line:
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* '''Related'''
bind-address  = 127.0.0.1
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** [[MS Access and MySQL]]
: and then restart mysqld.
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* '''How-To''':
* To restart the mysql [[daemon]] (mysqld) when you don't have a user with SHUTDOWN privileges but you do have system root:
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** [[/porting/data]]: backing up and restoring
sudo /etc/init.d/mysql restart
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** [[/notes]]: disorganized information, mostly how-to
* To work around the Query Browser bug which won't let you edit a blank table, create the first entry using MySQL's command line interface:
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* '''Components''':
 
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** [[MySQL Administrator]]
woozle@camilla:~ $ mysql -h''yourhost'' -u''yourusername'' -p''yourpassword''
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** [[MySQL Query Browser]] - now replaced with Workbench
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
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** [[MySQL Workbench]]
Your MySQL connection id is 12531702 to server version: 4.1.13-standard
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* [[/archive]]: older stuff that probably is no longer applicable
 
Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.
 
 
mysql> use ''yourdatabasename''
 
Reading table information for completion of table and column names
 
You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A
 
 
Database changed
 
mysql> insert into urole (''fieldname'') values("''sample value''");
 
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.05 sec)
 
 
mysql>
 
 
 
...where ''yourhost'' is the name of your MySQL server, and can be anything that can resolve to an IP address, e.g. localhost, yourmachinename, yourserverdomain.com, or an actual IP address (I think).
 
* If the Query Browser crashes when you try to create or edit a table, use the command line interface to create the table:
 
create table <u>table_name</u> (<u>field_name</u> <u>field_type</u>, <u>field_name</u> <u>field_type</u>{{optargs|, ...}});
 
Example:
 
create table example (key varchar(255));
 
  
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
* [http://mysql.com/ MySQL] Home Page
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===Reference===
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* [[URL::http://mysql.com/|official site]]
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** [http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/ Version 5.1 Manual]
 
** [http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/ Version 4.1 Manual]
 
** [http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/ Version 4.1 Manual]
* {{wikipedia|MySQL}}
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* {{wikipedia}}
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* [http://hashmysql.org/ HashMySQL wiki]: official wiki of the unofficial-but-[http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/irc.html sanctioned] #mysql [[IRC]] channel on [[Freenode]]
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===How To===
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* '''repair munged tables'''
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** [https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/mysqlcheck.html 4.5.3 mysqlcheck — A Table Maintenance Program]
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* '''data recovery'''
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** [http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/backup-and-recovery.html Chapter 7. Backup and Recovery]
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** [http://egil.biz/how-to-recover-mysql-data-from-innodb/ How to recover MySQL data from Innodb?] - if you have a copy of /var/www/lib/mysql but MySQL can't see the data
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*** The important thing to remember is that not all of the data is in the *.fr? files.
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===News===
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* '''2016-05-13''' [https://medium.com/@adamhooper/in-mysql-never-use-utf8-use-utf8mb4-11761243e434 In MySQL, never use "utf8". Use "utf8mb4".]
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* '''2007-06-21''' [http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9025427&pageNumber=1 MySQL's architect discusses open source, database in a cloud, other IT issues]

Revision as of 16:06, 27 October 2019

About

MySQL is a FOSS database engine and server. It fills roughly the same niche as Microsoft SQL Server.

The MySQL package (at least in Linux) has a number of helper utilities available, including MySQL Workbench (a combination of the former MySQL Administrator and MySQL Query Browser applications).

Articles

Links

Reference

How To

News