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"mysqld" Command Line Options in MySQL
What Are the "mysqld" Command Line Options in MySQL? "mysqld" offers a big list of command line options. Here are some commonly used options: "--help" - Displays a short help message on how to use "mysqld". "--verbose --help" - Displays a long help messages on how to use "mysqld". "--console" - Spec... 2017-12-04, 526👍, 0💬

What Is Binary Log File in MySQL
What Is Binary Log File in MySQL? MySQL server binary log file plays an important role in restoring database changes to the server. Main features on binary log files are: Binary logs can be turned on by "--log-bin=fileBaseName" option on "mysqld". Binary logs only records statements that are changin... 2017-11-29, 627👍, 0💬

Turn on Binary Logs in MySQL
How To Turn on Binary Logs in MySQL? If you want MySQL to write binary logs to a file, you can use the "--log-bin=fileBaseName" option at the "mysqld" command line. The tutorial exercise below shows you a good example on how to use this option: &gt;cd \mysql\bin &gt;mkdir \mysql\logs &gt... 2017-11-29, 621👍, 0💬

Turn on Error Logs in MySQL
How To Turn on Error Logs in MySQL? If you want MySQL to write critical errors into a log file, you can use the "--log-error=fileName" option at the "mysqld" command line. The tutorial exercise below shows you a good example on how to use this option: &gt;cd \mysql\bin &gt;mkdir \mysql\logs ... 2017-11-29, 611👍, 0💬

Viewing Log File with "mysqlbinlog" in MySQL
How To Use mysqlbinlog to View Binary Logs in MySQL? If you have binary logs turned on, you can use "mysqlbinlog" to view the binary log files. The tutorial exercise below shows you how to view two binary files together: &gt;cd \mysql\bin &gt;mysql -u root -pretneciyf test &gt;mysqlbinlo... 2017-11-29, 604👍, 0💬

Running MySQL Server on a Specific Port in MySQL
How To Run MySQL Server on a Different Port in MySQL? By default, MySQL will listen at port number 3306 for any client connections. But you can change this by starting the server with "--port=portNumber" option. The tutorial exercise shows you how to start the server to listen to a different port nu... 2017-11-29, 506👍, 0💬

Connect to MySQL Server with User Account in MySQL
How To Connect to MySQL Server with User Accounts in MySQL? If you want to connect a MySQL server with user account name and password, you need to call mysql_connect() with more parameters like this: $con = mysql_connect($server, $username, $password); If your MySQL server is provided by your Intern... 2017-11-25, 702👍, 0💬

PHP Connections and Query Execution for MySQL
Where to find answers to frequently asked questions on PHP Connections and Query Execution for MySQL? Here is a list of frequently asked questions and their answers compiled by FYIcenter.com DBA team on PHP Connections and Query Execution in MySQL. Clear explanations and tutorial exercises are provi... 2017-11-25, 622👍, 0💬

Connecting to MySQL Server on a Specific Port in MySQL
How To Connect to MySQL Server on a Different Port in MySQL? If your MySQL server is listening on port number different than 3306, you need to specify "--port=portNumber" option to any client program that needs to connect to the server. The tutorial exercise shows you how to connect "mysql" to start... 2017-11-25, 584👍, 0💬

Accessing MySQL Server through Firewalls in MySQL
How To Access MySQL Servers through Firewalls in MySQL? If your MySQL server is provided by an Internet service company, connecting to the server from your local machine will not be so easy, because there are firewalls between your local machine and your MySQL server as shown below: As you can see, ... 2017-11-25, 570👍, 0💬

Connect to MySQL Server with Port Number in MySQL
How To Connect to a MySQL Server with a Port Number in MySQL? If you want to connect a MySQL server with a non-default port number, you need to use the "mysql_connect($server)" function with $server in the format of "hostName:portNubmber". The tutorial exercise below shows you how to connect to loca... 2017-11-25, 560👍, 0💬

Failed to Create a Database in MySQL
What Happens If You Do Not Have Privileges to Create Database in MySQL? If your MySQL server is provided by your Internet service company, your user account will most likely have no privilege to create new databases on the server. In that case, your CREATE DATABASE statement will fail. Here is an ex... 2017-11-11, 632👍, 0💬

List All Existing Databases in MySQL
How To Get a List of Databases from MySQL Servers in MySQL? Once you got a MySQL server connection object successfully, you need to know what databases are available on the server and which database you should use to manage your tables and data. To get a list of all available databases on your MySQL... 2017-11-11, 609👍, 0💬

Close MySQL Connection Objects in MySQL
How To Close MySQL Connection Objects in MySQL? MySQL connection objects created with mysql_connect() calls should be closed as soon as you have finished all of your database access needs by calling mysql_close($con) function. This will reduce the consumption of connection resources on your MySQL se... 2017-11-11, 535👍, 0💬

Creating a New Database in MySQL
How To Create a New Database in MySQL? A database in a MySQL server is a logical container used to group tables and other data objects together as a unit. If you are the administrator of the server, you can create a new databases using the CREATE DATABASE statements with MySQL client interface progr... 2017-11-11, 533👍, 0💬

Retrieving MySQL Server information in MySQL
How To Get Some Basic Information Back from MySQL Servers in MySQL? Once you got a MySQL server connection object successfully, you can use mysql_get_server() and mysql_get_host_info() to get some basic information from your MySQL server. The tutorial exercise below is a good example: &lt;?php $... 2017-11-11, 528👍, 0💬

SELECT Query Statements with GROUP BY in MySQL
Where to find answers to frequently asked questions on SELECT Query Statements with GROUP BY in MySQL? Here is a list of frequently asked questions and their answers compiled by FYIcenter.com DBA team SELECT Query Statements with GROUP BY in MySQL. Clear answers are provided with tutorial exercises ... 2017-11-05, 669👍, 0💬

What Is a SELECT Query Statement in MySQL
What Is a SELECT Query Statement in MySQL? The SELECT statement is also called the query statement. It is the most frequently used SQL statement in any database application. A SELECT statement allows you to retrieve data from one or more tables or views, with different selection criteria, grouping c... 2017-11-05, 531👍, 0💬

Selecting All Columns of All Rows in MySQL
How To Select All Columns of All Rows from a Table in MySQL? The simplest query statement is the one that selects all columns of all rows from a single table: "SELECT * FROM tableName;". The (*) in the SELECT clause tells the query to return all columns. The missing WHERE clause tells the query to r... 2017-11-05, 517👍, 0💬

Create a Test Table with Test Data in MySQL
How To Create a Testing Table with Test Data in MySQL? If you want to follow the tutorial exercises presented in this collection, you need to create a testing table and insert some test data, as shown in the following sample script: mysql&gt; CREATE TABLE fyi_links (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, url V... 2017-11-05, 514👍, 0💬

Selecting Columns in a Query in MySQL
How To Select Some Columns from a Table in MySQL? If you want explicitly tell the query to return some columns, you can specify the column names in the SELECT clause. The following select statement returns only two columns, "id" and "url" from the table "fyi_links": mysql&gt; SELECT id, url FROM... 2017-11-05, 469👍, 0💬

Sorting Query Output in MySQL
How To Sort the Query Output in MySQL? If you want the returning rows to be sorted, you can specify a sorting expression in the ORDER BY clause. The simplest sort expression is column name who's values will be sorted by. The following select statement returns rows sorted by the values in the "counts... 2017-11-02, 589👍, 0💬

Adding More Data to the Test Table in MySQL
How To Add More Data to the Testing Table in MySQL? If you want to continue with other tutorial exercises in this FAQ collection, you need to add more data to the testing table. Follow the script below to add a new column and: mysql&gt; ALTER TABLE fyi_links ADD COLUMN tag VARCHAR(8); mysql&... 2017-11-02, 562👍, 0💬

Select Rows with WHERE Clause in MySQL
How To Select Some Rows from a Table in MySQL? If you don't want select all rows from a table, you can specify a WHERE clause to tell the query to return only the rows that meets the condition defined in the WHERE clause. The WHERE clause condition is a normal Boolean expression. If any data from ta... 2017-11-02, 562👍, 0💬

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General MySQL Oracle SQL Server