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INTRODUCTION
MySQL is a multi-user,
multi-threaded, entry-level SQL92, ODBC levels 0-3.51 database server
designed to manage relational databases via networks and the Internet.
It is open-source (ie. you can investigate what it does, how and if
you don't like it, you can modify it to suit your own needs) and designed
to manage large databases. MySQL offers a number of the commands available
in SQL proper, along with a number that are peculiar to it :- hence
the need for this ONLINE DICTIONARY.
MySQL is developed
and distributed by MySQL AB as the sole owner of the MySQL server source
code, the MySQL trademark and the mysql.com
domain worldwide. You can view more about this teriffic product from
their website.
DISCLAIMER: Any
mistokes or omissons are exactly that (....the albatross did not signify)
This dictionary
system retains copyright, and cannot be distributed in any form without
direct permission from the author:
© Copyright
1995..2006 - P. R. Whitehouse
'The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the one'.
Suggestions for
refinement and addition are welcome, as are all constructively critical
comments regarding layout, indexing and ease of use of this system.
CONVENTIONS
A number of syntax
(grammar) description conventions have been adopted namely:
| [....] |
square brackets indicate optional clauses
(ie. bits that can be left out) - you don't type the brackets! |
| {....} |
braces (curly brackets) indicate clauses
that can be repeated 0..many times |
| / |
(slash) indicates options (eg. this/that) |
| CAPITALS |
have been used to
indentify MySQL KEYWORDS. You
do not need to type them in uppercase. |
Thus the sequence
(syntax definition):
Fred [likes eating] { carrots/broccoli/spinach }
can be legally interpreted
as any of the following:
- Fred
- Fred carrots carrots
- Fred likes eating
- Fred likes eating broccoli spinach carrots
You must assume
that all other characters are to be typed AS IS!
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