MySQL Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Notes
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List of MySQL Programs

This section provides a list of main executable programs provided in MySQL 5.0 Community Edition.

Based on the Community Edition of MySQL 5.0, these are main executable programs provided by MySQL:

  • mysqld - The main server program - MySQL server daemon.
  • mysqladmin - Command line based administrator tool to manage the server.
  • mysql - Command line based user tool to manage databases.
  • mysqldump - Tool to dump data from tables into text files.
  • mysqlimport - Tool to load data into tables from text files.
  • mysqlcheck - Tool to check and repair databases.
  • mysqlshow - Tool to display information about databases and tables.
  • mysqlbinlog - Tool to process binary MySQL server log files.
  • myisamchk - Tool to perform table maintenance operations.
  • myisampack - Tool to produce compressed, read-only tables.
  • myisamlog - Tool to process the contents of a MyISAM log file.
  • isam_ftdump - Tool to display information about FULLTEXT indexes in MyISAM tables.
  • mysqlmanager - GUI tool to manage the server.
  • perror - Tool to display the meaning of error codes.

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 Introduction of SQL

 MySQL 4.0 Introduction and Installation

 Installing MySQL 5.5.15

 Installing MySQL 5.0.2 (Alpha)

Introduction of MySQL 5.0 Programs

List of MySQL Programs

 mysqld - The MySQL Server Program

 mysqladmin - The Client Tool for Administrators

 mysql - The Client Tool for End Users

 Using mysql to Run SQL Statements

 mysqldump - Dumping Data to Files

 mysqlimport - Loading Data from Files

 Perl Programs and MySQL Servers

 PHP Programs and MySQL Servers

 Java Programs and MySQL Servers

 Datatypes and Data Literals

 Operations and Expressions

 Character Strings and Bit Strings

 Commonly Used Functions

 Table Column Types for Different Types of Values

 Using DDL to Create Tables and Indexes

 Using DML to Insert, Update and Delete Records

 Using SELECT to Query Database

 Transaction Management and Isolation Levels

 Locks-Used-in-MySQL

 Defining and Calling Stored Procedures

 Variables, Loops and Cursors Used in Stored Procedures

 References

 Printable Copy - PDF Version

Dr. Herong Yang, updated in 2011
List of MySQL Programs