drop table if exists t1,t2; create table t1 (a int not null primary key, b int not null,c int not null, key(b,c)); insert into t1 values (1,2,2),(2,2,3),(3,2,4),(4,2,4); check table t1 fast; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t1 check status Table is already up to date check table t1 fast; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t1 check status Table is already up to date check table t1 changed; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t1 check status OK insert into t1 values (5,5,5); check table t1 changed; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t1 check status OK check table t1 medium; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t1 check status OK check table t1 extended; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t1 check status OK show index from t1; Table Non_unique Key_name Seq_in_index Column_name Collation Cardinality Sub_part Packed Null Index_type Comment t1 0 PRIMARY 1 a A 5 NULL NULL BTREE t1 1 b 1 b A 1 NULL NULL BTREE t1 1 b 2 c A 5 NULL NULL BTREE insert into t1 values (5,5,5); Duplicate entry '5' for key 1 optimize table t1; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t1 optimize status OK optimize table t1; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t1 optimize status Table is already up to date drop table t1; show variables like "wait_timeout%"; Variable_name Value wait_timeout 28800 show variables like "WAIT_timeout%"; Variable_name Value wait_timeout 28800 show variables like "this_doesn't_exists%"; Variable_name Value show table status from test like "this_doesn't_exists%"; Name Type Row_format Rows Avg_row_length Data_length Max_data_length Index_length Data_free Auto_increment Create_time Update_time Check_time Create_options Comment show databases; Database mysql test show databases like "test%"; Database (test%) test create table t1 (f1 int not null, f2 int not null, f3 int not null, f4 int not null, primary key(f1,f2,f3,f4)); insert into t1 values (1,1,1,0),(1,1,2,0),(1,1,3,0),(1,2,1,0),(1,2,2,0),(1,2,3,0),(1,3,1,0),(1,3,2,0),(1,3,3,0),(1,1,1,1),(1,1,2,1),(1,1,3,1),(1,2,1,1),(1,2,2,1),(1,2,3,1),(1,3,1,1),(1,3,2,1),(1,3,3,1); analyze table t1; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t1 analyze status OK show index from t1; Table Non_unique Key_name Seq_in_index Column_name Collation Cardinality Sub_part Packed Null Index_type Comment t1 0 PRIMARY 1 f1 A 1 NULL NULL BTREE t1 0 PRIMARY 2 f2 A 3 NULL NULL BTREE t1 0 PRIMARY 3 f3 A 9 NULL NULL BTREE t1 0 PRIMARY 4 f4 A 18 NULL NULL BTREE repair table t1; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t1 repair status OK show index from t1; Table Non_unique Key_name Seq_in_index Column_name Collation Cardinality Sub_part Packed Null Index_type Comment t1 0 PRIMARY 1 f1 A 1 NULL NULL BTREE t1 0 PRIMARY 2 f2 A 3 NULL NULL BTREE t1 0 PRIMARY 3 f3 A 9 NULL NULL BTREE t1 0 PRIMARY 4 f4 A 18 NULL NULL BTREE drop table t1; create temporary table t1 (a int not null); show create table t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE `t1` ( `a` int(11) NOT NULL default '0' ) TYPE=MyISAM alter table t1 rename t2; show create table t2; Table Create Table t2 CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE `t2` ( `a` int(11) NOT NULL default '0' ) TYPE=MyISAM drop table t2; create table t1 ( test_set set( 'val1', 'val2', 'val3' ) not null default '', name char(20) default 'O''Brien' ) comment = 'it\'s a table' ; show create table t1 ; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `test_set` set('val1','val2','val3') NOT NULL default '', `name` char(20) default 'O''Brien' ) TYPE=MyISAM COMMENT='it''s a table' drop table t1; create table t1 (a int not null, unique aa (a)); show create table t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `a` int(11) NOT NULL default '0', UNIQUE KEY `aa` (`a`) ) TYPE=MyISAM drop table t1; create table t1 (a int not null, primary key (a)); show create table t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `a` int(11) NOT NULL default '0', PRIMARY KEY (`a`) ) TYPE=MyISAM drop table t1; flush tables; show open tables; Database Table In_use Name_locked create table t1(n int); insert into t1 values (1); show open tables; Database Table In_use Name_locked test t1 0 0 drop table t1; create table t1 (a int not null, b VARCHAR(10), INDEX (b) ) AVG_ROW_LENGTH=10 CHECKSUM=1 COMMENT="test" TYPE=MYISAM MIN_ROWS=10 MAX_ROWS=100 PACK_KEYS=1 DELAY_KEY_WRITE=1 ROW_FORMAT=fixed; show create table t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `a` int(11) NOT NULL default '0', `b` char(10) default NULL, KEY `b` (`b`) ) TYPE=MyISAM MIN_ROWS=10 MAX_ROWS=100 AVG_ROW_LENGTH=10 PACK_KEYS=1 CHECKSUM=1 DELAY_KEY_WRITE=1 ROW_FORMAT=FIXED COMMENT='test' alter table t1 MAX_ROWS=200 ROW_FORMAT=dynamic PACK_KEYS=0; show create table t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `a` int(11) NOT NULL default '0', `b` varchar(10) default NULL, KEY `b` (`b`) ) TYPE=MyISAM MIN_ROWS=10 MAX_ROWS=200 AVG_ROW_LENGTH=10 PACK_KEYS=0 CHECKSUM=1 DELAY_KEY_WRITE=1 ROW_FORMAT=DYNAMIC COMMENT='test' ALTER TABLE t1 AVG_ROW_LENGTH=0 CHECKSUM=0 COMMENT="" MIN_ROWS=0 MAX_ROWS=0 PACK_KEYS=DEFAULT DELAY_KEY_WRITE=0 ROW_FORMAT=default; show create table t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `a` int(11) NOT NULL default '0', `b` varchar(10) default NULL, KEY `b` (`b`) ) TYPE=MyISAM drop table t1; create table t1 (a decimal(9,2), b decimal (9,0), e double(9,2), f double(5,0), h float(3,2), i float(3,0)); show columns from t1; Field Type Null Key Default Extra a decimal(9,2) YES NULL b decimal(9,0) YES NULL e double(9,2) YES NULL f double(5,0) YES NULL h float(3,2) YES NULL i float(3,0) YES NULL drop table t1; create table t1 (c decimal, d double, f float, r real); show columns from t1; Field Type Null Key Default Extra c decimal(10,0) YES NULL d double YES NULL f float YES NULL r double YES NULL drop table t1; create table t1 (c decimal(3,3), d double(3,3), f float(3,3)); show columns from t1; Field Type Null Key Default Extra c decimal(4,3) YES NULL d double(4,3) YES NULL f float(4,3) YES NULL drop table t1;