在使用MySQL过程中，可能会遇到：
1 某个操作语法忘记了，如何查找？
2 如何快速知道当前版本上某个字段类型的取值范围？
3 当前版本都支持那些函数？希望有例子说明。
4 当前版本是否支持某个功能？

按照层次看帮助

用 ? content

mysql> ? contents;
You asked for help about help category: \"Contents\"
For more information, type \'help \', where <item> is one of the following
categories:
Account Management
Administration
Compound Statements
Data Definition
Data Manipulation
Data Types
Functions
Functions and Modifiers for Use with GROUP BY
Geographic Features
Help Metadata
Language Structure
Plugins
Procedures
Storage Engines
Table Maintenance
Transactions
User-Defined Functions
Utility
mysql> ? data types
You asked for help about help category: \"Data Types\"
For more information, type \'help \', where <item> is one of the following
topics:
AUTO_INCREMENT
BIGINT
BINARY
BIT
BLOB
BLOB DATA TYPE
BOOLEAN
CHAR
CHAR BYTE
DATE
DATETIME
DEC
DECIMAL
DOUBLE
DOUBLE PRECISION
ENUM
FLOAT
INT
INTEGER
LONGBLOB
LONGTEXT
MEDIUMBLOB
MEDIUMINT
MEDIUMTEXT
SET DATA TYPE
SMALLINT
TEXT
TIME
TIMESTAMP
TINYBLOB
TINYINT
TINYTEXT
VARBINARY
VARCHAR
YEAR DATA TYPE
mysql> ? int
Name: \'INT\'
Description:
INT[(M)] [UNSIGNED] [ZEROFILL]
A normal-size integer. The signed range is -2147483648 to 2147483647.
The unsigned range is 0 to 4294967295.
URL: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/numeric-type-overview.html

快速查阅帮助

看show 命令和 create table命令

mysql> ? show
Name: \'SHOW\'
Description:
SHOW has many forms that provide information about databases, tables,
columns, or status information about the server. This section describes
those following:
SHOW AUTHORS
SHOW {BINARY | MASTER} LOGS
SHOW BINLOG EVENTS [IN \'log_name\'] [FROM pos] [LIMIT [offset,] row_count]
SHOW CHARACTER SET [like_or_where]
SHOW COLLATION [like_or_where]
SHOW [FULL] COLUMNS FROM tbl_name [FROM db_name] [like_or_where]
SHOW CONTRIBUTORS
SHOW CREATE DATABASE db_name
SHOW CREATE EVENT event_name
SHOW CREATE FUNCTION func_name
SHOW CREATE PROCEDURE proc_name
SHOW CREATE TABLE tbl_name
SHOW CREATE TRIGGER trigger_name
SHOW CREATE VIEW view_name
SHOW DATABASES [like_or_where]
SHOW ENGINE engine_name {STATUS | MUTEX}
SHOW [STORAGE] ENGINES
SHOW ERRORS [LIMIT [offset,] row_count]
SHOW EVENTS
SHOW FUNCTION CODE func_name
SHOW FUNCTION STATUS [like_or_where]
SHOW GRANTS FOR user
SHOW INDEX FROM tbl_name [FROM db_name]
SHOW MASTER STATUS
SHOW OPEN TABLES [FROM db_name] [like_or_where]
SHOW PLUGINS
SHOW PROCEDURE CODE proc_name
SHOW PROCEDURE STATUS [like_or_where]
SHOW PRIVILEGES
SHOW [FULL] PROCESSLIST
SHOW PROFILE [types] [FOR QUERY n] [OFFSET n] [LIMIT n]
SHOW PROFILES
SHOW SLAVE HOSTS
SHOW SLAVE STATUS
SHOW [GLOBAL | SESSION] STATUS [like_or_where]
SHOW TABLE STATUS [FROM db_name] [like_or_where]
SHOW [FULL] TABLES [FROM db_name] [like_or_where]
SHOW TRIGGERS [FROM db_name] [like_or_where]
SHOW [GLOBAL | SESSION] VARIABLES [like_or_where]
SHOW WARNINGS [LIMIT [offset,] row_count]
like_or_where:
LIKE \'pattern\'
| WHERE expr
If the syntax for a given SHOW statement includes a LIKE \'pattern\'
part, \'pattern\' is a string that can contain the SQL \"%\" and \"_\"
wildcard characters. The pattern is useful for restricting statement
output to matching values.
Several SHOW statements also accept a WHERE clause that provides more
flexibility in specifying which rows to display. See
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/extended-show.html.
URL: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/show.html
mysql> ? create table
Name: \'CREATE TABLE\'
Description:
Syntax:
CREATE [TEMPORARY] TABLE [IF NOT EXISTS] tbl_name
(create_definition,...)
[table_options]
[partition_options]
Or:
CREATE [TEMPORARY] TABLE [IF NOT EXISTS] tbl_name
[(create_definition,...)]
[table_options]
[partition_options]
select_statement
Or:
CREATE [TEMPORARY] TABLE [IF NOT EXISTS] tbl_name
{ LIKE old_tbl_name | (LIKE old_tbl_name) }
create_definition:
col_name column_definition
| [CONSTRAINT [symbol]] PRIMARY KEY [index_type] (index_col_name,...)
[index_option] ...
| {INDEX|KEY} [index_name] [index_type] (index_col_name,...)
[index_option] ...
| [CONSTRAINT [symbol]] UNIQUE [INDEX|KEY]
[index_name] [index_type] (index_col_name,...)
[index_option] ...
| {FULLTEXT|SPATIAL} [INDEX|KEY] [index_name] (index_col_name,...)
[index_option] ...
| [CONSTRAINT [symbol]] FOREIGN KEY
[index_name] (index_col_name,...) reference_definition
| CHECK (expr)
column_definition:
data_type [NOT NULL | NULL] [DEFAULT default_value]
[AUTO_INCREMENT] [UNIQUE [KEY] | [PRIMARY] KEY]
[COMMENT \'string\']
[COLUMN_FORMAT {FIXED|DYNAMIC|DEFAULT}]
[STORAGE {DISK|MEMORY|DEFAULT}]
[reference_definition]
data_type:
BIT[(length)]
| TINYINT[(length)] [UNSIGNED] [ZEROFILL]
| SMALLINT[(length)] [UNSIGNED] [ZEROFILL]
| MEDIUMINT[(length)] [UNSIGNED] [ZEROFILL]
| INT[(length)] [UNSIGNED] [ZEROFILL]
| INTEGER[(length)] [UNSIGNED] [ZEROFILL]
| BIGINT[(length)] [UNSIGNED] [ZEROFILL]
| REAL[(length,decimals)] [UNSIGNED] [ZEROFILL]
| DOUBLE[(length,decimals)] [UNSIGNED] [ZEROFILL]
| FLOAT[(length,decimals)] [UNSIGNED] [ZEROFILL]
| DECIMAL[(length[,decimals])] [UNSIGNED] [ZEROFILL]
| NUMERIC[(length[,decimals])] [UNSIGNED] [ZEROFILL]
| DATE
| TIME
| TIMESTAMP
| DATETIME
| YEAR
| CHAR[(length)]
[CHARACTER SET charset_name] [COLLATE collation_name]
| VARCHAR(length)
[CHARACTER SET charset_name] [COLLATE collation_name]
| BINARY[(length)]
| VARBINARY(length)
| TINYBLOB
| BLOB
| MEDIUMBLOB
| LONGBLOB
| TINYTEXT [BINARY]
[CHARACTER SET charset_name] [COLLATE collation_name]
| TEXT [BINARY]
[CHARACTER SET charset_name] [COLLATE collation_name]
| MEDIUMTEXT [BINARY]
[CHARACTER SET charset_name] [COLLATE collation_name]
| LONGTEXT [BINARY]
[CHARACTER SET charset_name] [COLLATE collation_name]
| ENUM(value1,value2,value3,...)
[CHARACTER SET charset_name] [COLLATE collation_name]
| SET(value1,value2,value3,...)
[CHARACTER SET charset_name] [COLLATE collation_name]
| spatial_type
index_col_name:
col_name [(length)] [ASC | DESC]
index_type:
USING {BTREE | HASH}
index_option:
KEY_BLOCK_SIZE [=] value
| index_type
| WITH PARSER parser_name
| COMMENT \'string\'
reference_definition:
REFERENCES tbl_name (index_col_name,...)
[MATCH FULL | MATCH PARTIAL | MATCH SIMPLE]
[ON DELETE reference_option]
[ON UPDATE reference_option]
reference_option:
RESTRICT | CASCADE | SET NULL | NO ACTION
table_options:
table_option [[,] table_option] ...
table_option:
ENGINE [=] engine_name
| AUTO_INCREMENT [=] value
| AVG_ROW_LENGTH [=] value
| [DEFAULT] CHARACTER SET [=] charset_name
| CHECKSUM [=] {0 | 1}
| [DEFAULT] COLLATE [=] collation_name
| COMMENT [=] \'string\'
| CONNECTION [=] \'connect_string\'
| DATA DIRECTORY [=] \'absolute path to directory\'
| DELAY_KEY_WRITE [=] {0 | 1}
| INDEX DIRECTORY [=] \'absolute path to directory\'
| INSERT_METHOD [=] { NO | FIRST | LAST }
| KEY_BLOCK_SIZE [=] value
| MAX_ROWS [=] value
| MIN_ROWS [=] value
| PACK_KEYS [=] {0 | 1 | DEFAULT}
| PASSWORD [=] \'string\'
| ROW_FORMAT [=] {DEFAULT|DYNAMIC|FIXED|COMPRESSED|REDUNDANT|COMPACT}
| TABLESPACE tablespace_name [STORAGE {DISK|MEMORY|DEFAULT}]
| UNION [=] (tbl_name[,tbl_name]...)
partition_options:
PARTITION BY
{ [LINEAR] HASH(expr)
| [LINEAR] KEY [ALGORITHM={1|2}] (column_list)
| RANGE{(expr) | COLUMNS(column_list)}
| LIST{(expr) | COLUMNS(column_list)} }
[PARTITIONS num]
[SUBPARTITION BY
{ [LINEAR] HASH(expr)
| [LINEAR] KEY [ALGORITHM={1|2}] (column_list) }
[SUBPARTITIONS num]
]
[(partition_definition [, partition_definition] ...)]
partition_definition:
PARTITION partition_name
[VALUES
{LESS THAN {(expr | value_list) | MAXVALUE}
|
IN (value_list)}]
[[STORAGE] ENGINE [=] engine_name]
[COMMENT [=] \'comment_text\' ]
[DATA DIRECTORY [=] \'data_dir\']
[INDEX DIRECTORY [=] \'index_dir\']
[MAX_ROWS [=] max_number_of_rows]
[MIN_ROWS [=] min_number_of_rows]
[TABLESPACE [=] tablespace_name]
[NODEGROUP [=] node_group_id]
[(subpartition_definition [, subpartition_definition] ...)]
subpartition_definition:
SUBPARTITION logical_name
[[STORAGE] ENGINE [=] engine_name]
[COMMENT [=] \'comment_text\' ]
[DATA DIRECTORY [=] \'data_dir\']
[INDEX DIRECTORY [=] \'index_dir\']
[MAX_ROWS [=] max_number_of_rows]
[MIN_ROWS [=] min_number_of_rows]
[TABLESPACE [=] tablespace_name]
[NODEGROUP [=] node_group_id]
select_statement:
[IGNORE | REPLACE] [AS] SELECT ... (Some valid select statement)
CREATE TABLE creates a table with the given name. You must have the
CREATE privilege for the table.
Rules for permissible table names are given in
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/identifiers.html. By default,
the table is created in the default database, using the InnoDB storage
engine. An error occurs if the table exists, if there is no default
database, or if the database does not exist.
URL: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/create-table.html

常用的网络资源

http://dev.mysql.com/downloads 是MySQL的官方网站，可以下载各个版本的MySQL以及相关客户端开发工具等。

http://dev.mysql.com/doc 提供了目前最权威的MySQL数据库及工具的在线手册。

http://bugs.mysql.com这里可以查看到MySQL已经发布的bug列表，或者向MySQL提交bug报告。

http://www.mysql.com/news-and-events/newsletter通常会发布各种关于MySQL的最新消息

查询元数据信息

数据库information_schema，用来mysql中的元数据信息。元数据指的是数据的数据，比如表名、列名、列类型、索引名等表的各种属性名称。
常用表有：schemata, tables, columns, statistics.

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常用的网络资源

查询元数据信息

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