Author: mcbrown
Date: 2006-11-28 19:08:11 +0100 (Tue, 28 Nov 2006)
New Revision: 4060
Log:
Updating version information
Modified:
trunk/refman-5.0/installing-version.xml
Modified: trunk/refman-5.0/installing-version.xml
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--- trunk/refman-5.0/installing-version.xml 2006-11-28 17:59:32 UTC (rev 4059)
+++ trunk/refman-5.0/installing-version.xml 2006-11-28 18:08:11 UTC (rev 4060)
Changed blocks: 1, Lines Added: 61, Lines Deleted: 21; 3566 bytes
@@ -1,26 +1,66 @@
+<section id="installation-version">
- <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
+ <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. The server version information will include
+ <literal>community</literal> or <literal>enterprise</literal>
+ accordingly.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ For example, here is the output from a MySQL Community Server
+ edition installed on Linux:
+ </para>
+
+<programlisting>Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
+Your MySQL connection id is 6
+Server version: 5.0.27-standard MySQL Community Edition - Standard (GPL)
+
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
+mysql></programlisting>
+
+ <para>
+ Below is the output from MySQL Enterprise Server on Windows:
+ </para>
+
+<programlisting>Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
+Your MySQL connection id is 2
+Server version: 5.0.28-enterprise-gpl-nt MySQL Enterprise Server (GPL)
+
+Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.
+
+mysql> </programlisting>
+
+ <para>
+ You may also determine the version information using the version
+ variables. Both the <literal>version</literal> and
+ <literal>version_comment</literal> variables contain version
+ information for the server you are connected to. Use the
+ <literal>SHOW VARIABLES</literal> statement to obtain the
+ information you want. For example:
+ </para>
+
+<programlisting>mysql> show variables like "%version%";
++-------------------------+------------------------------------------+
+| Variable_name | Value |
++-------------------------+------------------------------------------+
+| protocol_version | 10 |
+| version | 5.0.27-standard |
+| version_comment | MySQL Community Edition - Standard (GPL) |
+| version_compile_machine | i686 |
+| version_compile_os | pc-linux-gnu |
++-------------------------+------------------------------------------+
+5 rows in set (0.04 sec)
+
+mysql> </programlisting>
+
+</section>
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