The MySQL Reference Manual has become huge (about 2000 pages), and this means it's becoming increasingly hard to find things. And often it's hard for the MySQL documentation team to decide where to put things, because no matter where we put them some people expect to find them in another place. We've discussed solutions to this dilemma, and decided that overview tables would address it best.
We've made a start with an overview table that lists all available options, system variables, and server variables of the MySQL server v5: * http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/mysqld-option-tables.html * http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/mysqld-option-tables.html We'll expand that table in many ways: We'll add more columns (such as version information), we'll make parts of that table appear in other sections of the Manual (for example, there would be a table that contains replication-related options and variables in the Replication chapter), and last but not least we'll add detailed summary tables that provide more detailed information for each individual option or variable. All this is made possible because we have created a new set of reference material that provides extensive metadata about the different options, variables and relationships. Currently, we are only generating summary information from this data. If you're interested, take a look at the mysqldoc repository to see how this is done: * http://svn.mysql.com/svnpublic/mysqldoc/ The XML file that contains all metadata is mysqld-optvars/options.xml. We welcome updates, corrections and improvements ([EMAIL PROTECTED])! Regards, Stefan -- Stefan Hinz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MySQL AB Documentation Team Lead. Berlin, Germany (UTC +2:00) Skype:stefanhinz Cell:+491777841069 Desk:+493082702940 Fax:+493082702941 -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
