MySQL 5.0 Certification Study Guide

Chapter 2. The mysql Client Program

This chapter discusses mysql, a general-purpose client program for issuing queries and retrieving their results. It can be used interactively or in batch mode to read queries from a file. The chapter covers the following exam topics:

  • Using mysql interactively and in batch mode

  • mysql statement terminators and prompts

  • Using the mysql input line-editing capability

  • mysql output formats

  • mysql internal commands

  • Using server-side help

  • Using the --safe-updates option to prevent dangerous data changes

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