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T
Index
tables (continued)
definition extensions, 147–150
flushing, 63
implementing cache, 424–427
lock priority, 129
locking, 336, 338–341
maintenance extensions, 150–156
Maria configuration, 398–400
MERGE, 510–513
MySQL deviations, 106
mysqlslap, 551–552
partitioning. See partitioning
privileges, 482
query analysis. See query analysis
scans vs. indexes, 222
server maintenance extensions, 130–131
setting characters sets and collation, 101
SHOW commands, 146–147
SHOW CREATE commands, 138
SQL mode definitions, 206–207
SQL modes, 210–211
system, 476–478
types, 375
views. See MySQL views
tablespaces
Falcon, 408–409
InnoDB, 384–394
target hosts, 467
temporary tables

optimizing away Using temporary, 620–623
profiling, 577
on triggers, 247–248
TEMPTABLE, 310
terminators, 88–89
test modes, SysBench
CPU, 554
I/O, 555–557
memory, 559–561
mutex, 557–559
OLTP, 561–565
test servers, 443
testing
functions, 789–792
ideas, 620
TEXT data types
defined, 160–161
functions, 806–810
indexing, 226–227
sizes, 164
text files
creating from database table, 126–127
LOAD DATA INFILE, 122–123
thawing, 406
third-party packages
MySQL Proxy, 750–751
problems with, 11
threads
flushing, 63
profiling, 578

replication and, 524 –529
server maintenance extensions, 130
slave promotion and, 730–731
test mode, 560–561
time
event scheduling, 289–290
functions, 797–806
start and end times for periodic events, 293–294
TIME type, 183–184
time zones
datetime types, 183, 192–193
language structure, 97–98
TIMESTAMP data type, 183–192
TINYINT(1), 180–183
TINYTEXT, 164
tokens
keyword, 774–782
Lua, 760–763
proxy, 772–774
tools
for accessing MySQL. See accessing MySQL
backup, 445–446
benchmarking. See be
nchmarking
correcting data drift, 540–543
monitoring. See monitoring systems
MySQL Proxy. See MySQL Proxy
query analysis. See query analysis
query optimization. See query optimization
TRADITIONAL, 211

training, 820
Transactional database only, 33
transactions
ACID compliance, 320–322
Falcon parameters, 404, 406
FEDERATED table limitations, 417
InnoDB support, 384
isolation levels, 325–335
locking and deadlocks, 336–343
Maria support for, 371
MySQL deviations, 110–111
overview, 319–320
PBXT configuration, 411–412
recovering, 343–344
statement extensions, 156–158
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Index
U
statements, 322–325
storage engine support, 377
summary, 344–345
transform functions, 108
transliterations, 108
transparent partitioning, 513–514
TRIGGERS, 685–686
triggers
caching with, 427
changing, 246–247
creating, 243–244
data security using, 664–665

dropping, 244–245
finding all, 252
multiple SQL statements in, 245–246
overview, 242–243
replication and limitations, 254–255
runtime behavior, 248–252
SHOW commands, 147
SHOW CREATE commands, 138
storage and backup, 252–254
stored routines, events and, 241–242
summary, 300
using cursors, 287 –289
on views and temporary tables, 247–248
troubleshooting
foreign key constraints, 235–237
MySQL server, 47–48
TRUE,95
truncation
error handling, 275–281
stored routine warning, 257–259
TRUNCATE, 120
tuning MySQL servers. See MySQL server tuning
tuning query caches, 429–433
tunneling, ssh. See ssh tunneling
type, 596–606
types, data. See data types
types, index. See index types
Typical installation, 21–22
U
\u (use),57

UDFs (user-defined functions), 241–242
UFS (Unix file system), 355
undo logs, 343–344
UNION
EXPLAIN and, 591–592
MERGE tables, 512–513
ORDER BY, 127
table definition extensions, 150
unique index values, 602–603
unique key constraints
creating and dropping, 231–232
defined, 219–231
KEY_COLUMN_USAGE, 682–684
TABLE_CONSTRAINTS, 681–682
Unix
case-sensitivity, 90–91
configuration file, 31
debugging account problems, 492
installing MySQL from archive package,
18–20
installing MySQL on, 13 –20
monitoring. See monitoring systems
post-install configuration on, 36–39
resetting root password, 489–490
starting and stopping MySQL on System-V based,
42–43
unlocking, 338–340
UNSIGNED, 178
UPDATE
DML extensions, 120

EXPLAIN on, 614
foreign key constraints and, 234
invoking triggers, 242–243
upsert statements, 112–114
updating
datetime types, 187–188
indexes, 223
keys and indexes, 220
memcached, 438
SERIALIZABLE isolation levels and, 334–335
view, 313–316
upgrading mysqld, 45 –47, 257
upsert statements
DML extensions, 120
MySQL deviations, 112–114
use (\u),57
user management
accounts, 478–487
debugging account problems, 490–494
learning about, 473–478
resetting root password, 487–490
summary, 494
USER_PRIVILEGES, 715–716
user-defined functions (UDFs), 241–242
user-defined types, 108
user-defined variables, 131–135
usernames
command-line tool options, 50
managing. See user management
wildcards and blank values in, 650

853
U
Index
users
changing event, 299
changing stored routine, 264–265
changing trigger, 250–252
group meetings, 819
managing with SQL Administrator, 77
MySQL community, 6–7
privileges and privilege levels, 651–653
resources, 130
Security Options screen, 35–36
Using filesort, 618–620
Using temporary, 620–623
utf8 character set
charsets and collations, 100
defined, 93
index length, 227
utilities, MyISAM, 380–381
V
validation, 656–665
values
assigning to user-defined variables, 131–135
BLOB, 169
coercibility, 811
COMMAND in PROCESSLIST, 699–700
data access strategy, 600–603
datetime types, 185–187
ENUM and SET data types, 198–200

enumerations, 195–197
EXPLAIN Extra, 609–611
key constraints. See key constraints
mysqldumpslow, 583–584
NOT NULL. See NOT NULL
NULL. See NULL
partitioning algorithms, 496–497
STATE in PROCESSLIST, 701–709
stored routine SQL usage, 267–268
subquery for select_type, 611
type, 597
VARBINARY, 170
VARCHAR
defined, 160–161
length, 163–164
sizing, 608
variable-length strings
binary data types, 171
character string types, 160–161
national character string types, 166
variables
benchmarking recommendations, 565–566
InnoDB configuration, 384–385
local in stored routines, 262–264
mysqladmin commands, 64
Performance Metrics and SHOW GLOBAL
STATUS, 570–572
in server option file. See option files
server status, 360–361
server system, 361

SET extension and user-defined, 131–135
setting characters sets and collation, 101–104
SHOW commands, 147
SQL modes, 201
system views, 710–711
vendor-supplied packages, 11
versions
choosing MySQL, 11–12
command-line tool options, 53
end of life, 569
mysqladmin commands, 64
upgrading mysqld,45–47
vertical partitioning, 496
viewing
events, 295
triggers, 252
VIEWS, 674–676
views
EXPLAIN and, 591
INFORMATION_SCHEMA database system. See
MySQL Data Dictionary
MySQL. See MySQL views
SHOW CREATE commands, 139
on triggers, 247–248
visitor count caching, 424–427
volume groups, 455–460
Volume
Shadow Copy Service (Microsoft VSS), 460
W
warm backups

defined, 441
tools, 446
warnings
creating events, 292
logging, 518
SHOW commands, 147
SQL modes, 201–203
stored routine, 257–259, 274 –275
trigger, 245
weekly backups, 444
WHERE
optimizing by eliminating functions, 625–626
SHOW and, 136
854
Index
Z
WHILE, 283
Widenius, Michael, 4
wildcard characters
in ACLs, 650
defined, 475–476
Windows
case-sensitivity, 91
configuration file, 31
Configuration Wizard on, 31–36
connecting to non-Windows machine, 51–52
copying databases to backup, 467
installing MySQL on, 20–24
monitoring. See monitoring systems
mysql commands, 57–58

PATH variable configuration, 42–44
resetting root password, 488–489
starting and stopping from as service, 26–29
starting and stopping from command line, 25–26
tuning, 352–357
upgrading mysqld,46–47
WITH CHECK OPTION
simulating check constraints in views, 310–312
on views that reference other views, 312–313
Wizards
Configuration, 31–36
installation, 20–24
Workbench, MySQL, 80–83
working sets, 350
wrapper tables, 383–384
wrappers, 450–451
wrappers, transaction, 320
write locks
defined, 336–337
row-level, 341–342
table-level, 339–341
writes, profiling. See profiling
X
XFS, 355
XML (eXtensible Markup Language)
functions, 812
LOAD XML INFILE, 123–124
Y
yanking, 58
YEAR data type, 183–184

YEAR_MONTH data type, 193–194
Z
Zenoss Core, 641–642
zero dates, 207–209
ZEROFILL, 179
ZFS, 355, 453–454
Zmanda, 466
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