Databases Reference
In-Depth Information
Geographic Features
Language Structure
Storage Engines
Stored Routines
Table Maintenance
Transactions
Triggers
You may see more or less help content depending on the help files that have been
installed with your server. You can get information on individual topics by typing in
the HELP command followed by the topic name. For example, to get information on
data manipulation, you would type:
mysql> HELP Data Manipulation
You asked for help about help category: "Data Manipulation"
For more information, type 'help <item>', where <item> is one of the following
topics:
CACHE INDEX
...
DELETE
...
EXPLAIN
...
INSERT
...
SELECT
...
SHOW
...
SHOW CREATE DATABASE
...
SHOW CREATE TABLE
...
SHOW DATABASES
...
SHOW GRANTS
...
SHOW STATUS
...
SHOW TABLES
...
UPDATE
We've omitted some items to keep the output short.
You can request further information on any of the items by typing HELP followed by
the appropriate keywords. For example, for information on the
SHOW DATABASES
com-
mand, you'd type:
mysql> HELP SHOW DATABASES
Name: 'SHOW DATABASES'
Description:
Syntax:
SHOW {DATABASES | SCHEMAS} [LIKE 'pattern']
