diff --git a/Docs/manual.texi b/Docs/manual.texi index 12d5683a63c..a330ccafcfd 100644 --- a/Docs/manual.texi +++ b/Docs/manual.texi @@ -689,8 +689,7 @@ of MySQL: @c list comparable to commercial competition and a very technical on @c with max limits (from crash-me) and so on. @itemize @asis -@item -Internals and portability +@item Internals and Portability @itemize @bullet @item Written in C and C++. Tested with a broad range of different compilers. @@ -720,8 +719,7 @@ should be as fast as possible! Usually there isn't any memory allocation at all after query initialization. @end itemize -@item -Column types +@item Column Types @itemize @bullet @item Many column types: signed/unsigned integers 1, 2, 3, 4, and 8 bytes @@ -739,8 +737,7 @@ columns that are not explicitly given values are set to their default values. @end itemize -@item -Commands and functions +@item Commands and Functions @itemize @bullet @item Full operator and function support in the @code{SELECT} and @code{WHERE} @@ -779,8 +776,7 @@ You can mix tables from different databases in the same query (as of Version 3.22). @end itemize -@item -Security +@item Security @itemize @bullet @item A privilege and password system that is very flexible and secure, and @@ -788,9 +784,8 @@ allows host-based verification. Passwords are secure because all password traffic is encrypted when you connect to a server. @end itemize -@item +@item Scalability and Limits @itemize @bullet -Scalability and limits @item Handles large databases. We are using MySQL with some databases that contain 50,000,000 records and we know of users that @@ -802,41 +797,27 @@ columns or parts of columns. The maximum index width is 500 bytes of a @code{CHAR} or @code{VARCHAR} field. @end itemize -@item -Clients and tools +@item Connectivity @itemize @bullet @item -Includes @code{myisamchk}, a very fast utility for table checking, -optimization, and repair. All of the functionality of @code{myisamchk} -is also available through the SQL interface as well. -@xref{MySQL Database Administration}. -@item -All MySQL programs can be invoked with the @code{--help} or @code{-?} -options to obtain online assistance. -@end itemize -@item -Connectivity -@itemize @bullet +Clients may connect to the MySQL server using TCP/IP Sockets, +Unix Sockets (Unix), or Named Pipes (NT). @item ODBC (Open-DataBase-Connectivity) support for Win32 (with source). All ODBC 2.5 functions and many others. For example, you can use MS Access to connect to your MySQL server. @xref{ODBC}. -@item -Clients may connect to the MySQL server using TCP/IP Sockets, -Unix Sockets (Unix), or Named Pipes (NT). @end itemize -@item -Localization +@item Localization @itemize @bullet @item The server can provide error messages to clients in many languages. @xref{Languages}. @item Full support for several different character sets, including -ISO-8859-1 (Latin1), german, big5, ujis, and more. For example, the -Scandinavian characters `@ringaccent{a}', `@"a' and `@"o' are allowed -in table and column names. +ISO-8859-1 (Latin1), german, big5, ujis, and more. For example, +the Scandinavian characters 'å', 'ä' and 'ö' are allowed in table +and column names. @item All data is saved in the chosen character set. All comparisons for normal string columns are case insensitive. @@ -848,6 +829,18 @@ Czech sorting code. MySQL supports many different character sets that can be specified at compile and run time. @end itemize +@item Clients and Tools +@itemize @bullet +@item +Includes @code{myisamchk}, a very fast utility for table checking, +optimization, and repair. All of the functionality of @code{myisamchk} +is also available through the SQL interface as well. +@xref{MySQL Database Administration}. +@item +All MySQL programs can be invoked with the @code{--help} or @code{-?} +options to obtain online assistance. +@end itemize + @end itemize @@ -18535,8 +18528,8 @@ To get secure connections to work with MySQL you must do the following: @enumerate @item -Install the openssh library. We have tested MySQL with openssl 0.9.6. -@uref{http://www.openssh.org}. +Install the openssl library. We have tested MySQL with openssl 0.9.6. +@uref{http://www.openssl.org}. @item Configure MySQL with @code{--with-vio --with-openssl}. @item