Author: mcbrown
Date: 2006-11-28 18:59:32 +0100 (Tue, 28 Nov 2006)
New Revision: 4059
Log:
Adding updated version information (for Community/Enterprise) (WL3516)
New stub version info
Added:
trunk/refman-5.0/installing-version.xml
Modified:
trunk/refman-5.0/database-administration.xml
Modified: trunk/refman-5.0/database-administration.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-5.0/database-administration.xml 2006-11-28 17:04:30 UTC (rev 4058)
+++ trunk/refman-5.0/database-administration.xml 2006-11-28 17:59:32 UTC (rev 4059)
Changed blocks: 2, Lines Added: 13, Lines Deleted: 0; 1537 bytes
@@ -6908,6 +6908,10 @@
<para>
The version number for the server.
</para>
+ <para>Starting with MySQL 5.0.24, the version number will also
+ indicate whether the server is a standard release (Community) or
+ Enterprise release (for example, <literal>
+ 5.0.28-enterprise-gpl-nt</literal>).</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -6931,6 +6935,15 @@
comment to be specified when building MySQL. This variable
contains the value of that comment.
</para>
+ <para>For precompiled binaries, this variable will hold the server
+ version and license information. Starting with MySQL 5.0.24,
+ <literal>version_comment</literal> will include the full server
+ type and license. For community users this will appear as
+ <literal>MySQL Community Edition - Standard (GPL)</literal>. For
+ Enterprise users, <literal>MySQL Enterprise Server
+ (GPL)</literal>. For server compiled from source, the default
+ value will be the same as that for Community releases.
+ </para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
Added: trunk/refman-5.0/installing-version.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-5.0/installing-version.xml (rev 0)
+++ trunk/refman-5.0/installing-version.xml 2006-11-28 17:59:32 UTC (rev 4059)
Changed blocks: 1, Lines Added: 26, Lines Deleted: 0; 1252 bytes
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+
+ <section id="installation-version">
+ <title>Determining your current MySQL version</title>
+
+ <para>To determine the version and release of your currently installed MySQL
+ installation, there are a number of options.</para>
+ <para>Using a command client
+ (<literal>mysql</literal>), the server version of the MySQL server that
+ you are connected to will be shown once you are connected: </para>
+
+ <programlisting>Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
+Your MySQL connection id is 3 to server version: 5.0.26-community-nt
+
+Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.
+
+mysql></programlisting>
+
+ <para>The server version information will include the
+ <literal>community</literal> or <literal>enterprise</literal></para>
+
+ <orderedlist>
+ <listitem><para>Connect to your MySQL server through a</para></listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+
+
+ </section>
\ No newline at end of file
| Thread |
|---|
| • svn commit - mysqldoc@docsrva: r4059 - trunk/refman-5.0 | mcbrown | 28 Nov |
