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NAME
       mysql - the MySQL command-line tool

SYNOPSIS
       mysql [options] db_name

DESCRIPTION
       mysql is a simple SQL shell (with GNU readline capabilities). It
       supports interactive and non-interactive use. When used interactively,
       query results are presented in an ASCII-table format. When used
       non-interactively (for example, as a filter), the result is presented
       in tab-separated format. The output format can be changed using command
       options.

       If you have problems due to insufficient memory for large result sets,
       use the --quick option. This forces mysql to retrieve results from the
       server a row at a time rather than retrieving the entire result set and
       buffering it in memory before displaying it. This is done by returning
       the result set using the mysql_use_result() C API function in the
       client/server library rather than mysql_store_result().

       Using mysql is very easy. Invoke it from the prompt of your command
       interpreter as follows:

	  shell> mysql db_name

       Or:

	  shell> mysql --user=user_name --password=your_password db_name

       Then type an SQL statement, end it with ;, \g, or \G and press Enter.

       You can execute SQL statements in a script file (batch file) like this:

	  shell> mysql db_name < script.sql > output.tab

MYSQL OPTIONS
       mysql supports the following options:

	 --help, -?

	  Display a help message and exit.

	 --auto-rehash

	  Enable automatic rehashing. This option is on by default, which
	  enables table and column name completion. Use --skip-auto-rehash to
	  disable rehashing. That causes mysql to start faster, but you must
	  issue the rehash command if you want to use table and column name
	  completion.

	 --batch, -B

	  Print results using tab as the column separator, with each row on a
	  new line. With this option, mysql does not use the history file.

	 --character-sets-dir=path

	  The directory where character sets are installed. See Section 9.1,
	  The Character Set Used for Data and Sorting.

	 --column-names

	  Write column names in results.

	 --compress, -C

	  Compress all information sent between the client and the server if
	  both support compression.

	 --database=db_name, -D db_name

	  The database to use. This is useful primarily in an option file.

	 --debug[=debug_options], -# [debug_options]

	  Write a debugging log. The debug_options string often is
	  d:t:o,file_name. The default is d:t:o,/tmp/mysql.trace.

	 --debug-info, -T

	  Print some debugging information when the program exits.

	 --default-character-set=charset_name

	  Use charset_name as the default character set. See Section 9.1, The
	  Character Set Used for Data and Sorting.

	 --delimiter=str

	  Set the statement delimiter. The default is the semicolon character
	  (;).

	 --execute=statement, -e statement

	  Execute the statement and quit. The default output format is like
	  that produced with --batch. See Section 3.1, Using Options on the
	  Command Line, for some examples.

	 --force, -f

	  Continue even if an SQL error occurs.

	 --host=host_name, -h host_name

	  Connect to the MySQL server on the given host.

	 --html, -H

	  Produce HTML output.

	 --ignore-spaces, -i

	  Ignore spaces after function names. The effect of this is described
	  in the discussion for the IGNORE_SPACE SQL mode (see the section
	  called SQL MODES).

	 --line-numbers

	  Write line numbers for errors. Disable this with
	  --skip-line-numbers.

	 --local-infile[={0|1}]

	  Enable or disable LOCAL capability for LOAD DATA INFILE. With no
	  value, the option enables LOCAL. The option may be given as
	  --local-infile=0 or --local-infile=1 to explicitly disable or enable
	  LOCAL. Enabling LOCAL has no effect if the server does not also
	  support it.

	 --named-commands, -G

	  Enable named mysql commands. Long-format commands are allowed, not
	  just short-format commands. For example, quit and \q both are
	  recognized. Use --skip-named-commands to disable named commands. See
	  the section called MYSQL COMMANDS.

	 --no-auto-rehash, -A

	  Deprecated form of -skip-auto-rehash. See the description for
	  --auto-rehash.

	 --no-beep, -b

	  Do not beep when errors occur.

	 --no-named-commands, -g

	  Disable named commands. Use the \* form only, or use named commands
	  only at the beginning of a line ending with a semicolon (;).
	  mysql starts with this option enabled by default. However, even with
	  this option, long-format commands still work from the first line.
	  See the section called MYSQL COMMANDS.

	 --no-pager

	  Deprecated form of --skip-pager. See the --pager option.

	 --no-tee

	  Do not copy output to a file.  the section called MYSQL COMMANDS,
	  discusses tee files further.

	 --one-database, -o

	  Ignore statements except those for the default database named on the
	  command line. This is useful for skipping updates to other databases
	  in the binary log.

	 --pager[=command]

	  Use the given command for paging query output. If the command is
	  omitted, the default pager is the value of your PAGER environment
	  variable. Valid pagers are less, more, cat [> filename], and so
	  forth. This option works only on Unix. It does not work in batch
	  mode. To disable paging, use --skip-pager.  the section called
	  MYSQL COMMANDS, discusses output paging further.

	 --password[=password (INSECURE)], -p[password (INSECURE)]

	  The password to use when connecting to the server. If you use the
	  short option form (-p), you cannot have a space between the option
	  and the password. If you omit the password value following the
	  --password or -p option on the command line, you are prompted for
	  one.

	  Specifying a password on the command line should be considered
	  insecure. See Section 7.6, Keeping Your Password Secure.

	 --port=port_num, -P port_num

	  The TCP/IP port number to use for the connection.

	 --prompt=format_str

	  Set the prompt to the specified format. The default is mysql>. The
	  special sequences that the prompt can contain are described in the
	  section called MYSQL COMMANDS.

	 --protocol={TCP|SOCKET|PIPE|MEMORY}

	  The connection protocol to use.

	 --quick, -q

	  Do not cache each query result, print each row as it is received.
	  This may slow down the server if the output is suspended. With this
	  option, mysql does not use the history file.

	 --raw, -r

	  Write column values without escape conversion. Often used with the
	  --batch option.

	 --reconnect

	  If the connection to the server is lost, automatically try to
	  reconnect. A single reconnect attempt is made each time the
	  connection is lost. To suppress reconnection behavior, use
	  --skip-reconnect.

	 --safe-updates, --i-am-a-dummy, -U

	  Allow only those UPDATE and DELETE statements that specify which
	  rows to modify by using key values. If you have set this option in
	  an option file, you can override it by using --safe-updates on the
	  command line. See the section called MYSQL TIPS, for more
	  information about this option.

	 --secure-auth

	  Do not send passwords to the server in old (pre-4.1.1) format. This
	  prevents connections except for servers that use the newer password
	  format.

	 --show-warnings

	  Cause warnings to be shown after each statement if there are any.
	  This option applies to interactive and batch mode. This option was
	  added in MySQL 5.0.6.

	 --sigint-ignore

	  Ignore SIGINT signals (typically the result of typing Control-C).

	 --silent, -s

	  Silent mode. Produce less output. This option can be given multiple
	  times to produce less and less output.

	 --skip-column-names, -N

	  Do not write column names in results.

	 --skip-line-numbers, -L

	  Do not write line numbers for errors. Useful when you want to
	  compare result files that include error messages.

	 --socket=path, -S path

	  For connections to localhost, the Unix socket file to use, or, on
	  Windows, the name of the named pipe to use.

	 --ssl*

	  Options that begin with --ssl specify whether to connect to the
	  server via SSL and indicate where to find SSL keys and certificates.
	  See Section 7.7.3, SSL Command Options.

	 --table, -t

	  Display output in table format. This is the default for interactive
	  use, but can be used to produce table output in batch mode.

	 --tee=file_name

	  Append a copy of output to the given file. This option does not work
	  in batch mode. in the section called MYSQL COMMANDS, discusses tee
	  files further.

	 --unbuffered, -n

	  Flush the buffer after each query.

	 --user=user_name, -u user_name

	  The MySQL username to use when connecting to the server.

	 --verbose, -v

	  Verbose mode. Produce more output about what the program does. This
	  option can be given multiple times to produce more and more output.
	  (For example, -v -v -v produces table output format even in batch
	  mode.)

	 --version, -V

	  Display version information and exit.

	 --vertical, -E

	  Print query output rows vertically (one line per column value).
	  Without this option, you can specify vertical output for individual
	  statements by terminating them with \G.

	 --wait, -w

	  If the connection cannot be established, wait and retry instead of
	  aborting.

	 --xml, -X

	  Produce XML output.

	  Note: Prior to MySQL 5.0.26, there was no differentiation in the
	  output when using this option between columns containing the NULL
	  value and columns containing the string literal NULL; both were
	  represented as

	  NULL
       Beginning with MySQL 5.0.26, the output when --xml is used with mysql
       matches that of mysqldump --xml. See the section of the Manual which
       discusses the --xml option for mysqldump for details.


       You can also set the following variables by using --var_name=value
       syntax:

	 connect_timeout

	  The number of seconds before connection timeout. (Default value is
	  0.)

	 max_allowed_packet

	  The maximum packet length to send to or receive from the server.
	  (Default value is 16MB.)

	 max_join_size

	  The automatic limit for rows in a join when using --safe-updates.
	  (Default value is 1,000,000.)

	 net_buffer_length

	  The buffer size for TCP/IP and socket communication. (Default value
	  is 16KB.)

	 select_limit

	  The automatic limit for SELECT statements when using --safe-updates.
	  (Default value is 1,000.)


       It is also possible to set variables by using
       --set-variable=var_name=value or -O var_name=value syntax.  This syntax
       is deprecated.

       On Unix, the mysql client writes a record of executed statements to a
       history file. By default, the history file is named .mysql_history and
       is created in your home directory. To specify a different file, set the
       value of the MYSQL_HISTFILE environment variable.

       If you do not want to maintain a history file, first remove
       .mysql_history if it exists, and then use either of the following
       techniques:

	 Set the MYSQL_HISTFILE variable to /dev/null. To cause this setting
	  to take effect each time you log in, put the setting in one of your
	  shells startup files.

	 Create .mysql_history as a symbolic link to /dev/null:

	  shell> ln -s /dev/null $HOME/.mysql_history
       You need do this only once.

MYSQL COMMANDS
       mysql sends each SQL statement that you issue to the server to be
       executed. There is also a set of commands that mysql itself interprets.
       For a list of these commands, type help or \h at the mysql> prompt:

	  mysql> help
	  List of all MySQL commands:
	  Note that all text commands must be first on line and end with ;
	  ?	    (\?) Synonym for help.
	  charset   (\C) Switch to another charset. Might be needed for processing
			 binlog with multi-byte charsets.
	  clear     (\c) Clear command.
	  connect   (\r) Reconnect to the server. Optional arguments are db and host.
	  delimiter (\d) Set statement delimiter. NOTE: Takes the rest of the line as
			 new delimiter.
	  edit	    (\e) Edit command with $EDITOR.
	  ego	    (\G) Send command to mysql server, display result vertically.
	  exit	    (\q) Exit mysql. Same as quit.
	  go	    (\g) Send command to mysql server.
	  help	    (\h) Display this help.
	  nopager   (\n) Disable pager, print to stdout.
	  notee     (\t) Dont write into outfile.
	  pager     (\P) Set PAGER [to_pager]. Print the query results via PAGER.
	  print     (\p) Print current command.
	  prompt    (\R) Change your mysql prompt.
	  quit	    (\q) Quit mysql.
	  rehash    (\#) Rebuild completion hash.
	  source    (\.) Execute an SQL script file. Takes a file name as an argument.
	  status    (\s) Get status information from the server.
	  system    (\!) Execute a system shell command.
	  tee	    (\T) Set outfile [to_outfile]. Append everything into given
			 outfile.
	  use	    (\u) Use another database. Takes database name as argument.
	  warnings  (\W) Show warnings after every statement.
	  nowarning (\w) Dont show warnings after every statement.
	  For server side help, type help contents

       Each command has both a long and short form. The long form is not case
       sensitive; the short form is. The long form can be followed by an
       optional semicolon terminator, but the short form should not.

       If you provide an argument to the help command, mysql uses it as a
       search string to access server-side help from the contents of the MySQL
       Reference Manual. For more information, see the section called MYSQL
       SERVER-SIDE HELP.

       The charset command changes the default character set and issues a SET
       NAMES statement. This enables the character set to remain synchronized
       on the client and server if mysql is run with auto-reconnect enabled
       (which is not recommended), because the changed character set is used
       for reconnects. This command was added in MySQL 5.0.25.

       In the delimiter command, you should avoid the use of the backslash
       (\) character because that is the escape character for MySQL.

       The edit, nopager, pager, and system commands work only in Unix.

       The status command provides some information about the connection and
       the server you are using. If you are running in --safe-updates mode,
       status also prints the values for the mysql variables that affect your
       queries.

       To log queries and their output, use the tee command. All the data
       displayed on the screen is appended into a given file. This can be very
       useful for debugging purposes also. You can enable this feature on the
       command line with the --tee option, or interactively with the tee
       command. The tee file can be disabled interactively with the notee
       command. Executing tee again re-enables logging. Without a parameter,
       the previous file is used. Note that tee flushes query results to the
       file after each statement, just before mysql prints its next prompt.

       By using the --pager option, it is possible to browse or search query
       results in interactive mode with Unix programs such as less, more, or
       any other similar program. If you specify no value for the option,
       mysql checks the value of the PAGER environment variable and sets the
       pager to that. Output paging can be enabled interactively with the
       pager command and disabled with nopager. The command takes an optional
       argument; if given, the paging program is set to that. With no
       argument, the pager is set to the pager that was set on the command
       line, or stdout if no pager was specified.

       Output paging works only in Unix because it uses the popen() function,
       which does not exist on Windows. For Windows, the tee option can be
       used instead to save query output, although this is not as convenient
       as pager for browsing output in some situations.

       Here are a few tips about the pager command:

	 You can use it to write to a file and the results go only to the
	  file:

	  mysql> pager cat > /tmp/log.txt
       You can also pass any options for the program that you want to use as
       your pager:

	  mysql> pager less -n -i -S

	 In the preceding example, note the -S option. You may find it very
	  useful for browsing wide query results. Sometimes a very wide result
	  set is difficult to read on the screen. The -S option to less can
	  make the result set much more readable because you can scroll it
	  horizontally using the left-arrow and right-arrow keys. You can also
	  use -S interactively within less to switch the horizontal-browse
	  mode on and off. For more information, read the less manual page:

	  shell> man less

	 You can specify very complex pager commands for handling query
	  output:

	  mysql> pager cat | tee /dr1/tmp/res.txt \
		    | tee /dr2/tmp/res2.txt | less -n -i -S
       In this example, the command would send query results to two files in
       two different directories on two different filesystems mounted on /dr1
       and /dr2, yet still display the results onscreen via less.


       You can also combine the tee and pager functions. Have a tee file
       enabled and pager set to less, and you are able to browse the results
       using the less program and still have everything appended into a file
       the same time. The difference between the Unix tee used with the pager
       command and the mysql built-in tee command is that the built-in tee
       works even if you do not have the Unix tee available. The built-in tee
       also logs everything that is printed on the screen, whereas the Unix
       tee used with pager does not log quite that much. Additionally, tee
       file logging can be turned on and off interactively from within mysql.
       This is useful when you want to log some queries to a file, but not
       others.

       The default mysql> prompt can be reconfigured. The string for defining
       the prompt can contain the following special sequences:

       +---------------------+---------------------------------------+
       |Option		     | Description			     |
       +---------------------+---------------------------------------+
       |\t		     | A tab character			     |
       +---------------------+---------------------------------------+
       |\		     | A space (a space follows 	     |
       |		     | the backslash)			     |
       +---------------------+---------------------------------------+
       |\_		     | A space				     |
       +---------------------+---------------------------------------+
       |\R		     | The current time, in		     |
       |		     | 24-hour military time		     |
       |		     | (0-23)				     |
       +---------------------+---------------------------------------+
       |\r		     | The current time, standard	     |
       |		     | 12-hour time (1-12)		     |
       +---------------------+---------------------------------------+
       |\m		     | Minutes of the current		     |
       |		     | time				     |
       +---------------------+---------------------------------------+
       |\y		     | The current year, two		     |
       |		     | digits				     |
       +---------------------+---------------------------------------+
       |\Y		     | The current year, four		     |
       |		     | digits				     |
       +---------------------+---------------------------------------+
       |\D		     | The full current date		     |
       +---------------------+---------------------------------------+
       |\s		     | Seconds of the current		     |
       |		     | time				     |
       +---------------------+---------------------------------------+
       |\v		     | The server version		     |
       +---------------------+---------------------------------------+
       |\w		     | The current day of the		     |
       |		     | week in three-letter		     |
       |		     | format (Mon, Tue, ...)		     |
       +---------------------+---------------------------------------+
       |\P		     | am/pm				     |
       +---------------------+---------------------------------------+
       |\o		     | The current month in		     |
       |		     | numeric format			     |
       +---------------------+---------------------------------------+
       |\O		     | The current month in		     |
       |		     | three-letter format (Jan,	     |
       |		     | Feb, ...)			     |
       +---------------------+---------------------------------------+
       |\c		     | A counter that increments	     |
       |		     | for each statement you		     |
       |		     | issue				     |
       +---------------------+---------------------------------------+
       |\l		     | The current delimiter.		     |
       |		     | (New in 5.0.25)			     |
       +---------------------+---------------------------------------+
       |\S		     | Semicolon			     |
       +---------------------+---------------------------------------+
       |\		    | Single quote			    |
       +---------------------+---------------------------------------+
       |\"		     | Double quote			     |
       +---------------------+---------------------------------------+
       |\d		     | The default database		     |
       +---------------------+---------------------------------------+
       |\h		     | The server host			     |
       +---------------------+---------------------------------------+
       |\p		     | The current TCP/IP port or	     |
       |		     | socket file			     |
       +---------------------+---------------------------------------+
       |\u		     | Your username			     |
       +---------------------+---------------------------------------+
       |\U		     | Your full			     |
       |		     |			 user_name@host_name |
       |		     |			 account	     |
       |		     | name				     |
       +---------------------+---------------------------------------+
       |\T}:T{ A literal \ |					   |
       |backslash character  |					     |
       +---------------------+---------------------------------------+
       |\n		     | A newline character		     |
       +---------------------+---------------------------------------+

       \ followed by any other letter just becomes that letter.

       If you specify the prompt command with no argument, mysql resets the
       prompt to the default of mysql>.

       You can set the prompt in several ways:

	 Use an environment variable.  You can set the MYSQL_PS1 environment
	  variable to a prompt string. For example:

	  shell> export MYSQL_PS1="(\u@\h) [\d]> "

	 Use a command-line option.  You can set the --prompt option on the
	  command line to mysql. For example:

	  shell> mysql --prompt="(\u@\h) [\d]> "
	  (user@host) [database]>

	 Use an option file.  You can set the prompt option in the [mysql]
	  group of any MySQL option file, such as /etc/my.cnf or the .my.cnf
	  file in your home directory. For example:

	  [mysql]
	  prompt=(\\u@\\h) [\\d]>\\_
       In this example, note that the backslashes are doubled. If you set the
       prompt using the prompt option in an option file, it is advisable to
       double the backslashes when using the special prompt options. There is
       some overlap in the set of allowable prompt options and the set of
       special escape sequences that are recognized in option files. (These
       sequences are listed in Section 3.2, Using Option Files.) The overlap
       may cause you problems if you use single backslashes. For example, \s
       is interpreted as a space rather than as the current seconds value. The
       following example shows how to define a prompt within an option file to
       include the current time in HH:MM:SS> format:

	  [mysql]
	  prompt="\\r:\\m:\\s> "

	 Set the prompt interactively.	You can change your prompt
	  interactively by using the prompt (or \R) command. For example:

	  mysql> prompt (\u@\h) [\d]>\_
	  PROMPT set to (\u@\h) [\d]>\_
	  (user@host) [database]>
	  (user@host) [database]> prompt
	  Returning to default PROMPT of mysql>
	  mysql>

MYSQL SERVER-SIDE HELP
	  mysql> help search_string

       If you provide an argument to the help command, mysql uses it as a
       search string to access server-side help from the contents of the MySQL
       Reference Manual. The proper operation of this command requires that
       the help tables in the mysql database be initialized with help topic
       information (see the section called SERVER-SIDE HELP).

       If there is no match for the search string, the search fails:

	  mysql> help me
	  Nothing found
	  Please try to run help contents for a list of all accessible topics

       Use help contents to see a list of the help categories:

	  mysql> help contents
	  You asked for help about help category: "Contents"
	  For more information, type help , where  is one of the
	  following categories:
	     Account Management
	     Administration
	     Data Definition
	     Data Manipulation
	     Data Types
	     Functions
	     Functions and Modifiers for Use with GROUP BY
	     Geographic Features
	     Language Structure
	     Storage Engines
	     Stored Routines
	     Table Maintenance
	     Transactions
	     Triggers

       If the search string matches multiple items, mysql shows a list of
       matching topics:

	  mysql> help logs
	  Many help items for your request exist.
	  To make a more specific request, please type help ,
	  where  is one of the following topics:
	     SHOW
	     SHOW BINARY LOGS
	     SHOW ENGINE
	     SHOW LOGS

       Use a topic as the search string to see the help entry for that topic:

	  mysql> help show binary logs
	  Name: SHOW BINARY LOGS
	  Description:
	  Syntax:
	  SHOW BINARY LOGS
	  SHOW MASTER LOGS
	  Lists the binary log files on the server. This statement is used as
	  part of the procedure described in [purge-master-logs], that shows how
	  to determine which logs can be purged.
	  mysql> SHOW BINARY LOGS;
	  +---------------+-----------+
	  | Log_name	  | File_size |
	  +---------------+-----------+
	  | binlog.000015 |    724935 |
	  | binlog.000016 |    733481 |
	  +---------------+-----------+

EXECUTING SQL STATEMENTS FROM A TEXT FILE
       The mysql client typically is used interactively, like this:

	  shell> mysql db_name

       However, it is also possible to put your SQL statements in a file and
       then tell mysql to read its input from that file. To do so, create a
       text file text_file that contains the statements you wish to execute.
       Then invoke mysql as shown here:

	  shell> mysql db_name < text_file

       If you place a USE db_name statement as the first statement in the
       file, it is unnecessary to specify the database name on the command
       line:

	  shell> mysql < text_file

       If you are already running mysql, you can execute an SQL script file
       using the source or \.  command:

	  mysql> source file_name
	  mysql> \. file_name

       Sometimes you may want your script to display progress information to
       the user. For this you can insert statements like this:

	  SELECT  AS  ;

       The statement shown outputs .

       For more information about batch mode, see Section 5, Using mysql in
       Batch Mode.

MYSQL TIPS
       This section describes some techniques that can help you use mysql more
       effectively.

   Displaying Query Results Vertically
       Some query results are much more readable when displayed vertically,
       instead of in the usual horizontal table format. Queries can be
       displayed vertically by terminating the query with \G instead of a
       semicolon. For example, longer text values that include newlines often
       are much easier to read with vertical output:

	  mysql> SELECT * FROM mails WHERE LENGTH(txt) < 300 LIMIT 300,1\G
	  *************************** 1. row ***************************
	    msg_nro: 3068
	       date: 2000-03-01 23:29:50
	  time_zone: +0200
	  mail_from: Monty
	      reply: monty@no.spam.com
	    mail_to: "Thimble Smith" 
		sbj: UTF-8
		txt: >>>>> "Thimble" == Thimble Smith writes:
	  Thimble> Hi.	I think this is a good idea.  Is anyone familiar
	  Thimble> with UTF-8 or Unicode? Otherwise, Ill put this on my
	  Thimble> TODO list and see what happens.
	  Yes, please do that.
	  Regards,
	  Monty
	       file: inbox-jani-1
	       hash: 190402944
	  1 row in set (0.09 sec)

   Using the --safe-updates Option
       For beginners, a useful startup option is --safe-updates (or
       --i-am-a-dummy, which has the same effect). It is helpful for cases
       when you might have issued a DELETE FROM tbl_name statement but
       forgotten the WHERE clause. Normally, such a statement deletes all rows
       from the table. With --safe-updates, you can delete rows only by
       specifying the key values that identify them. This helps prevent
       accidents.

       When you use the --safe-updates option, mysql issues the following
       statement when it connects to the MySQL server:

	  SET SQL_SAFE_UPDATES=1,SQL_SELECT_LIMIT=1000, SQL_MAX_JOIN_SIZE=1000000;

       See Section 5.3, SET Syntax.

       The SET statement has the following effects:

	 You are not allowed to execute an UPDATE or DELETE statement unless
	  you specify a key constraint in the WHERE clause or provide a LIMIT
	  clause (or both). For example:

	  UPDATE tbl_name SET not_key_column=val WHERE key_column=val;
	  UPDATE tbl_name SET not_key_column=val LIMIT 1;

	 The server limits all large SELECT results to 1,000 rows unless the
	  statement includes a LIMIT clause.

	 The server aborts multiple-table SELECT statements that probably
	  need to examine more than 1,000,000 row combinations.


       To specify limits different from 1,000 and 1,000,000, you can override
       the defaults by using the --select_limit and --max_join_size options:

	  shell> mysql --safe-updates --select_limit=500 --max_join_size=10000

   Disabling mysql Auto-Reconnect
       If the mysql client loses its connection to the server while sending a
       query, it immediately and automatically tries to reconnect once to the
       server and send the query again. However, even if mysql succeeds in
       reconnecting, your first connection has ended and all your previous
       session objects and settings are lost: temporary tables, the autocommit
       mode, and user-defined and session variables. Also, any current
       transaction rolls back. This behavior may be dangerous for you, as in
       the following example where the server was shut down and restarted
       without you knowing it:

	  mysql> SET @a=1;
	  Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.05 sec)
	  mysql> INSERT INTO t VALUES(@a);
	  ERROR 2006: MySQL server has gone away
	  No connection. Trying to reconnect...
	  Connection id:    1
	  Current database: test
	  Query OK, 1 row affected (1.30 sec)
	  mysql> SELECT * FROM t;
	  +------+
	  | a	 |
	  +------+
	  | NULL |
	  +------+
	  1 row in set (0.05 sec)

       The @a user variable has been lost with the connection, and after the
       reconnection it is undefined. If it is important to have mysql
       terminate with an error if the connection has been lost, you can start
       the mysql client with the --skip-reconnect option.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 1997-2006 MySQL AB

       This documentation is NOT distributed under a GPL license. Use of this
       documentation is subject to the following terms: You may create a
       printed copy of this documentation solely for your own personal use.
       Conversion to other formats is allowed as long as the actual content is
       not altered or edited in any way. You shall not publish or distribute
       this documentation in any form or on any media, except if you
       distribute the documentation in a manner similar to how MySQL
       disseminates it (that is, electronically for download on a Web site
       with the software) or on a CD-ROM or similar medium, provided however
       that the documentation is disseminated together with the software on
       the same medium. Any other use, such as any dissemination of printed
       copies or use of this documentation, in whole or in part, in another
       publication, requires the prior written consent from an authorized
       representative of MySQL AB. MySQL AB reserves any and all rights to
       this documentation not expressly granted above.

       Please email  for more information.

SEE ALSO
       msql2mysql(1), my_print_defaults(1), myisam_ftdump(1), myisamchk(1),
       myisamlog(1), myisampack(1), mysql.server(1), mysql_config(1),
       mysql_explain_log(1), mysql_fix_privilege_tables(1),
       mysql_tzinfo_to_sql(1), mysql_upgrade(1), mysql_zap(1), mysqlaccess(1),
       mysqladmin(1), mysqlbinlog(1), mysqlcheck(1), mysqld(8),
       mysqld_multi(1), mysqld_safe(1), mysqldump(1), mysqlhotcopy(1),
       mysqlimport(1), mysqlmanager(8), mysqlshow(1), perror(1), replace(1),
       safe_mysqld(1)

       For more information, please refer to the MySQL Reference Manual, which
       may already be installed locally and which is also available online at
       http://dev.mysql.com/doc/.

       NOTE: Unfortunately this documentation is not released under a license
       that makes Debian able to redistribute it (not even legally!), so there
       is no package available with this documentation.  Feel free to contact
       mysql if youd like to share your opinion on the matter :)


AUTHOR
       MySQL AB (http://www.mysql.com/).  This software comes with no
       warranty.



MySQL 5.0			  12/20/2006			      MYSQL(1)




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