Commit 58ba644a authored by unknown's avatar unknown

Added new examples to the manual.


Docs/manual.texi:
  Added new example
  Updated 4.0 changelog
parent 55ffd19f
......@@ -632,6 +632,7 @@ Examples of Common Queries
* example-user-variables:: Using user variables
* example-Foreign keys:: Using foreign keys
* Searching on two keys::
* Calculating days::
Queries from Twin Project
......@@ -16536,6 +16537,7 @@ mysql> select 2 > 2;
-> 0
@end example
@cindex @code{NULL}, testing for null
@findex <=> (Equal to)
@item <=>
Null safe equal:
......@@ -16544,6 +16546,7 @@ mysql> select 1 <=> 1, NULL <=> NULL, 1 <=> NULL;
-> 1 1 0
@end example
@cindex @code{NULL}, testing for null
@findex IS NULL
@findex IS NOT NULL
@item IS NULL
......@@ -16628,6 +16631,7 @@ mysql> select ISNULL(1/0);
Note that a comparison of @code{NULL} values using @code{=} will always be
false!
@cindex @code{NULL}, testing for null
@findex COALESCE()
@item COALESCE(list)
Returns first non-@code{NULL} element in list:
......@@ -16845,6 +16849,7 @@ make string comparison even more flexible.
@subsection Control Flow Functions
@table @code
@cindex @code{NULL}, testing for null
@findex IFNULL()
@item IFNULL(expr1,expr2)
If @code{expr1} is not @code{NULL}, @code{IFNULL()} returns @code{expr1},
......@@ -17121,10 +17126,13 @@ mysql> select SQRT(20);
@findex PI()
@item PI()
Returns the value of PI:
Returns the value of PI. The default shown number of decimals is 5, but
@strong{MySQL} internally uses the full double precession for PI.
@example
mysql> select PI();
-> 3.141593
mysql> SELECT PI()+0.000000000000000000;
-> 3.141592653589793116
@end example
@findex COS()
......@@ -19253,7 +19261,7 @@ The options work for all table types, if not otherwise indicated:
@item @code{PACK_KEYS} @tab Set this to 1 if you want to have a smaller index. This usually makes updates slower and reads faster (MyISAM, ISAM).
@item @code{PASSWORD} @tab Encrypt the @code{.frm} file with a password. This option doesn't do anything in the standard @strong{MySQL} version.
@item @code{DELAY_KEY_WRITE} @tab Set this to 1 if want to delay key table updates until the table is closed (MyISAM).
@item @code{ROW_FORMAT} @tab Defines how the rows should be stored (for the future).
@item @code{ROW_FORMAT} @tab Defines how the rows should be stored. Currently you can only use the DYNAMIC and STATIC options for MyISAM tables.
@end multitable
When you use a @code{MyISAM} table, @strong{MySQL} uses the product of
......@@ -19444,9 +19452,8 @@ normally do @code{ALTER TABLE} that often this isn't that high on our TODO.
@itemize @bullet
@item
To use @code{ALTER TABLE}, you need @strong{select}, @strong{insert},
@strong{delete}, @strong{update}, @strong{create}, and @strong{drop}
privileges on the table.
To use @code{ALTER TABLE}, you need @strong{ALTER}, @strong{INSERT},
and @strong{CREATE} privileges on the table.
@item
@code{IGNORE} is a @strong{MySQL} extension to ANSI SQL92.
......@@ -19536,7 +19543,7 @@ assigns a default value, as described in
@findex DROP INDEX
@item
@code{DROP INDEX} removes an index. This is a @strong{MySQL} extension to
ANSI SQL92.
ANSI SQL92. @xref{DROP INDEX}.
@item
If columns are dropped from a table, the columns are also removed from any
......@@ -22228,8 +22235,8 @@ tables to use the slower key cache method to create the index.
@strong{NOTE} that this parameter is given in megabytes!
@item @code{myisam_max_sort_file_size}
The maximum size of the temporary file @strong{MySQL} is allowed to create
to while recreating the index (during @code{REPAIR}, @code{ALTER TABLE}
The maximum size of the temporary file @strong{MySQL} is allowed to use
while recreating the index (during @code{REPAIR}, @code{ALTER TABLE}
or @code{LOAD DATA INFILE}. If the file size would be bigger than this,
the index will be created through the key cache (which is slower).
@strong{NOTE} that this parameter is given in megabytes!
......@@ -22544,8 +22551,23 @@ combination after it has found the first matching row.
@item Not exists
@strong{MySQL} was able to do a @code{LEFT JOIN} optimization on the
query and will not examine more rows in this table for a row combination
after it finds one row that matches the @code{LEFT JOIN} criteria.
query and will not examine more rows in this table for the previous row
combination after it finds one row that matches the @code{LEFT JOIN} criteria.
Here is an example for this:
@example
SELECT * FROM t1 LEFT JOIN t2 ON t1.id=t2.id WHERE t2.id IS NULL;
@end example
Assume that @code{t2.id} is defined with @code{NOT NULL}. In this case
@strong{MySQL} will scan @code{t1} and look up the rows in @code{t2}
through @code{t1.id}. If @strong{MySQL} finds a matching row in
@code{t2}, it knows that @code{t2.id} can never be @code{NULL}, and will
not scan through the rest of the rows in @code{t2} that has the same
@code{id}. In other words, for each row in @code{t1}, @strong{MySQL}
only needs to do a single lookup in @code{t2}, independent of how many
matching rows there are in @code{t2}.
@item @code{range checked for each record (index map: #)}
@strong{MySQL} didn't find a real good index to use. It will, instead, for
......@@ -22802,6 +22824,9 @@ the @code{FROM} clause.
@{DESCRIBE | DESC@} tbl_name @{col_name | wild@}
@end example
@code{DESCRIBE} is a shortcut for @code{SHOW COLUMNS FROM}.
@xref{SHOW DATABASE INFO}.
@code{DESCRIBE} provides information about a table's columns. @code{col_name}
may be a column name or a string containing the SQL @samp{%} and @samp{_}
wild-card characters.
......@@ -22893,6 +22918,18 @@ are locked by the current thread are automatically unlocked when the
thread issues another @code{LOCK TABLES}, or when the connection to the
server is closed.
The main reasons to use @code{LOCK TABLES} are:
@itemize @bullet
@item
Emulate transactions with not transaction safe tables.
@item
To get more speed with @code{MyISAM} tables when inserting/updating data
over many statements. The main reason this gives more speed is that
@strong{MySQL} will not flush the key cache for the locked tables until
@code{UNLOCK TABLES} is called.
@end itemize
If a thread obtains a @code{READ} lock on a table, that thread (and all other
threads) can only read from the table. If a thread obtains a @code{WRITE}
lock on a table, then only the thread holding the lock can @code{READ} from
......@@ -24417,7 +24454,7 @@ mysql> ALTER TABLE tbl_name TYPE = MYISAM;
@end example
@cindex tables, @code{HEAP}
@node HEAP, BDB, ISAM, Table types
@node HEAP, InnoDB, ISAM, Table types
@section HEAP Tables
@code{HEAP} tables use a hashed index and are stored in memory. This
......@@ -24494,7 +24531,7 @@ SUM_OVER_ALL_KEYS(max_length_of_key + sizeof(char*) * 2)
@code{sizeof(char*)} is 4 on 32-bit machines and 8 on 64-bit machines.
@node InnoDB, , GEMINI, Table types
@node InnoDB, BDB, HEAP, Table types
@section InnoDB Tables
@menu
......@@ -25795,7 +25832,7 @@ Finland
@cindex tables, @code{BDB}
@cindex tables, @code{Berkeley DB}
@node BDB, GEMINI, HEAP, Table types
@node BDB, GEMINI, InnoDB, Table types
@section BDB or Berkeley_DB Tables
@menu
......@@ -26081,7 +26118,7 @@ not trivial).
@end itemize
@cindex GEMINI tables
@node GEMINI, InnoDB, BDB, Table types
@node GEMINI, , BDB, Table types
@section GEMINI Tables
@cindex GEMINI tables, overview
......@@ -28698,6 +28735,7 @@ mysql> SELECT * FROM shop;
* example-user-variables:: Using user variables
* example-Foreign keys:: Using foreign keys
* Searching on two keys::
* Calculating days::
@end menu
@node example-Maximum-column, example-Maximum-row, Examples, Examples
......@@ -28954,7 +28992,7 @@ SELECT s.* FROM persons p, shirts s
@findex UNION
@cindex searching, two keys
@cindex keys, searching on two
@node Searching on two keys, , example-Foreign keys, Examples
@node Searching on two keys, Calculating days, example-Foreign keys, Examples
@subsection Searching on Two Keys
@strong{MySQL} doesn't yet optimize when you search on two different
......@@ -28986,6 +29024,35 @@ DROP TABLE tmp;
The above way to solve this query is in effect an @code{UNION} of two queries.
@cindex bit_functions, example
@findex BIT_OR
@findex BIT_COUNT
@findex <<
@node Calculating days, , Searching on two keys, Examples
@subsection Calculating visits per day
The following shows an idea of how you can use the bit group functions
to calculate the number of days per month a user has visited a web page.
@example
CREATE TABLE t1 (year YEAR(4), month INT(2) UNSIGNED ZEROFILL, day INT(2) UNSIGNED ZEROFILL);
INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(2000,1,1),(2000,1,20),(2000,1,30),(2000,2,2),(2000,2,23),(2000,2,23);
SELECT year,month,BIT_COUNT(BIT_OR(1<<day)) AS days FROM t1 GROUP BY year,month;
Which returns:
+------+-------+------+
| year | month | days |
+------+-------+------+
| 2000 | 01 | 3 |
| 2000 | 02 | 2 |
+------+-------+------+
@end example
The above calculates how many different days was used for a given
year/month combination, with automatic removal of duplicate entries.
@cindex modes, batch
@cindex batch mode
@cindex running, batch mode
......@@ -39155,7 +39222,7 @@ directory and delete all files that have names starting with @code{A-} or
If something goes wrong with the renaming operation, @strong{MySQL} tries to
undo the changes. If something goes seriously wrong (this shouldn't happen,
of course), @strong{MySQL} may leave the old table as @file{B-xxx}, but a
simple rename should get your data back.
simple rename on the system level should get your data back.
@cindex reordering, columns
@cindex columns, changing
......@@ -46344,6 +46411,12 @@ Our TODO section contains what we plan to have in 4.0. @xref{TODO MySQL 4.0}.
@itemize @bullet
@item
Don't anymore support the client protocol prior to 3.21.
@item
Don't include the old C API functions @code{mysql_drop_db},
@code{mysql_create_db} and @code{mysql_connect}, if not compiled with
@code{USE_OLD_FUNCTIONS}.
@item
Renamed @code{safe_mysqld} to @code{mysqld_safe}.
@item
Allow one to use @code{IN} instead of @code{FROM} in @code{SHOW} commands.
......@@ -51804,7 +51877,7 @@ The @code{mysqld} will support all standard @strong{MySQL} features and
one can use it in a threaded client to run different queries in each
thread.
@item
Replication should work with @code{RAND()}.
Replication should work with @code{RAND()} and user variables @code{@@var}.
@item
Online backup with very low performance penalty. The online backup will
make it easy to add a new replication slave without taking down the
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