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From:paul Date:November 9 2005 8:38pm
Subject:svn commit - mysqldoc@docsrva: r304 - in trunk: . refman-4.1 refman-5.0 refman-5.1 refman-common
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Author: paul
Date: 2005-11-09 21:38:51 +0100 (Wed, 09 Nov 2005)
New Revision: 304

Log:
 r921@kite-hub:  paul | 2005-11-09 12:48:37 -0600
 Entity-ize http://dev.mysql.com URLs.


Modified:
   trunk/
   trunk/refman-4.1/connector-mxj.xml
   trunk/refman-4.1/connector-net.xml
   trunk/refman-4.1/connector-odbc.xml
   trunk/refman-4.1/database-administration.xml
   trunk/refman-4.1/error-handling.xml
   trunk/refman-4.1/extending-mysql.xml
   trunk/refman-4.1/installing.xml
   trunk/refman-4.1/introduction.xml
   trunk/refman-4.1/ndbcluster.xml
   trunk/refman-4.1/news.xml
   trunk/refman-4.1/optimization.xml
   trunk/refman-4.1/sql-syntax.xml
   trunk/refman-4.1/using-mysql-programs.xml
   trunk/refman-5.0/connector-mxj.xml
   trunk/refman-5.0/connector-net.xml
   trunk/refman-5.0/connector-odbc.xml
   trunk/refman-5.0/database-administration.xml
   trunk/refman-5.0/error-handling.xml
   trunk/refman-5.0/extending-mysql.xml
   trunk/refman-5.0/installing.xml
   trunk/refman-5.0/introduction.xml
   trunk/refman-5.0/ndbcluster.xml
   trunk/refman-5.0/news.xml
   trunk/refman-5.0/optimization.xml
   trunk/refman-5.0/preface.xml
   trunk/refman-5.0/sql-syntax.xml
   trunk/refman-5.0/using-mysql-programs.xml
   trunk/refman-5.1/connector-mxj.xml
   trunk/refman-5.1/connector-net.xml
   trunk/refman-5.1/connector-odbc.xml
   trunk/refman-5.1/database-administration.xml
   trunk/refman-5.1/error-handling.xml
   trunk/refman-5.1/extending-mysql.xml
   trunk/refman-5.1/installing.xml
   trunk/refman-5.1/introduction.xml
   trunk/refman-5.1/ndbcluster.xml
   trunk/refman-5.1/news.xml
   trunk/refman-5.1/optimization.xml
   trunk/refman-5.1/preface.xml
   trunk/refman-5.1/sql-syntax.xml
   trunk/refman-5.1/using-mysql-programs.xml
   trunk/refman-common/information-sources.xml
   trunk/refman-common/maxdb.en.xml
   trunk/refman-common/titles.en.ent


Property changes on: trunk
___________________________________________________________________
Name: svk:merge
   - b5ec3a16-e900-0410-9ad2-d183a3acac99:/mysqldoc-local/mysqldoc/trunk:3604
bf112a9c-6c03-0410-a055-ad865cd57414:/mysqldoc-local/mysqldoc/trunk:913
   + b5ec3a16-e900-0410-9ad2-d183a3acac99:/mysqldoc-local/mysqldoc/trunk:3604
bf112a9c-6c03-0410-a055-ad865cd57414:/mysqldoc-local/mysqldoc/trunk:921

Modified: trunk/refman-4.1/connector-mxj.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-4.1/connector-mxj.xml	2005-11-09 17:43:17 UTC (rev 303)
+++ trunk/refman-4.1/connector-mxj.xml	2005-11-09 20:38:51 UTC (rev 304)
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@
 
     <para>
       You can download sources and binaries from:
-      <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/mxj/">
-      http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/mxj/ </ulink>
+      <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;connector/mxj/">
+      &base-url-downloads;connector/mxj/ </ulink>
     </para>
 
     <para>
@@ -149,8 +149,8 @@
       <listitem>
         <para>
           MySQL Connector/J version 3.1 or newer (from
-          <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/">
-          http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/ </ulink>)
+          <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;connector/j/">
+          &base-url-downloads;connector/j/ </ulink>)
           installed and available via your CLASSPATH.
         </para>
       </listitem>

Modified: trunk/refman-4.1/connector-net.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-4.1/connector-net.xml	2005-11-09 17:43:17 UTC (rev 303)
+++ trunk/refman-4.1/connector-net.xml	2005-11-09 20:38:51 UTC (rev 304)
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
 
     <para>
       &connector_net; is available for download from
-      <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/1.0.html">http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/1.0.html</ulink>.
+      <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;connector/net/1.0.html">&base-url-downloads;connector/net/1.0.html</ulink>.
     </para>
 
     <para>
@@ -2726,7 +2726,7 @@
         <para>
           This section will not provide in-depth information on creating
           Stored Procedures, for such information please refer to the
-          <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/stored-procedures.html">
+          <ulink url="&base-url-docs;mysql/en/stored-procedures.html">
           Stored Procedures</ulink> section of the MySQL Reference
           Manual.
         </para>
@@ -3464,7 +3464,7 @@
         <para>
           If you choose to design your reports using Connector/ODBC, it
           can be downloaded from
-          <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/odbc/3.51.html">dev.mysql.com</ulink>.
+          <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;connector/odbc/3.51.html">dev.mysql.com</ulink>.
         </para>
 
       </section>
@@ -3860,7 +3860,7 @@
           <literal>traditional</literal> SQL mode to restrict invalid
           date values. For information on using the
           <literal>traditional</literal> SQL mode, see
-          <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/server-sql-mode.html">http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/server-sql-mode.html</ulink>.
+          <ulink url="&base-url-docs;mysql/en/server-sql-mode.html">&base-url-docs;mysql/en/server-sql-mode.html</ulink>.
         </para>
 
       </section>

Modified: trunk/refman-4.1/connector-odbc.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-4.1/connector-odbc.xml	2005-11-09 17:43:17 UTC (rev 303)
+++ trunk/refman-4.1/connector-odbc.xml	2005-11-09 20:38:51 UTC (rev 304)
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     working knowledge of C, general DBMS knowledge, and finally, but not
     least, familiarity with MySQL. For more information about MySQL
     functionality and its syntax, refer to
-    <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/"/>.
+    <ulink url="&base-url-docs;"/>.
   </para>
 
   <para>
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
         MySQL AB distributes all its products under the General Public
         License (GPL). You can get a copy of the latest version of
         MyODBC binaries and sources from the MySQL AB Web site
-        <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/"/>.
+        <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>.
       </para>
 
       <para>
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@
 
     <para>
       MyODBC is Open Source. You can find the newest version at
-      <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/odbc/"/>.
+      <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;connector/odbc/"/>.
       Please note that the 2.50.x versions are LGPL licensed, whereas
       the 3.51.x versions are GPL licensed.
     </para>
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@
     <para>
       To install MyODBC on Windows, you should download the appropriate
       distribution file from
-      <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/odbc/"/>,
+      <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;connector/odbc/"/>,
       unpack it, and execute the
       <command>MyODBC-<replaceable>VERSION</replaceable>.exe</command>
       file.
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@
             required because MyODBC uses new calls and structures that
             exist only starting from this version of the library. To get
             the client libraries and include files, visit
-            <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/"/>.
+            <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>.
           </para>
         </listitem>
 
@@ -1218,7 +1218,7 @@
             required because MyODBC uses new calls and structures that
             exist only starting from this version of the library. To get
             the client libraries and include files, visit
-            <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/"/>.
+            <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>.
           </para>
         </listitem>
 
@@ -3830,7 +3830,7 @@
             data sources. Allaire has verified that MyODBC 2.50.26 works
             with MySQL 3.22.27 and ColdFusion for Linux. (Any newer
             version should also work.) You can download MyODBC at
-            <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/odbc/"/>.
+            <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;connector/odbc/"/>.
           </para>
 
           <para>
@@ -4324,14 +4324,14 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>
             Install the latest version of MySQL from
-            <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/"/>.
+            <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>.
           </para>
         </listitem>
 
         <listitem>
           <para>
             Install the latest version of MyODBC 3.51 or 2.50 from
-            <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/odbc/"/>.
+            <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;connector/odbc/"/>.
           </para>
         </listitem>
 

Modified: trunk/refman-4.1/database-administration.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-4.1/database-administration.xml	2005-11-09 17:43:17 UTC (rev 303)
+++ trunk/refman-4.1/database-administration.xml	2005-11-09 20:38:51 UTC (rev 304)
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
             MySQL-Max server (<command>mysqld-max.exe</command>), so you
             need not get a special distribution. Just use a regular
             Windows distribution, available at
-            <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/"/>. See
+            <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>. See
             <xref linkend="windows-installation"/>.
           </para>
         </listitem>
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@
 
       <para>
         You can find the MySQL-Max binaries on the MySQL AB Web site at
-        <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql-4.0.html"/>.
+        <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;mysql-4.0.html"/>.
       </para>
 
       <para>
@@ -20778,7 +20778,7 @@
         If your system does not have a zoneinfo database (for example,
         Windows or HP-UX), you can use the package of pre-built time
         zone tables that is available for download at
-        <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/timezones.html"/>.
+        <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;timezones.html"/>.
         This package contains <filename>.frm</filename>,
         <filename>.MYD</filename>, and <filename>.MYI</filename> files
         for the <literal>MyISAM</literal> time zone tables. These tables

Modified: trunk/refman-4.1/error-handling.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-4.1/error-handling.xml	2005-11-09 17:43:17 UTC (rev 303)
+++ trunk/refman-4.1/error-handling.xml	2005-11-09 20:38:51 UTC (rev 304)
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     <remark role="note">
       The way that error information is defined differs for 4.1 compared
       to 5.0.3 and up. Details can be found in the MySQL Internals
-      manual, available at <ulink url="&docs-base-url;"/>.
+      manual, available at <ulink url="&base-url-docs;"/>.
     </remark>
 
     <para>

Modified: trunk/refman-4.1/extending-mysql.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-4.1/extending-mysql.xml	2005-11-09 17:43:17 UTC (rev 303)
+++ trunk/refman-4.1/extending-mysql.xml	2005-11-09 20:38:51 UTC (rev 304)
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@
               If you have compiled MySQL yourself, check our manual for
               how to compile MySQL on your platform or, preferable, use
               one of the binaries we have compiled for you at
-              <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/"/>. All our
+              <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>. All our
               standard binaries should pass the test suite!
             </para>
           </listitem>

Modified: trunk/refman-4.1/installing.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-4.1/installing.xml	2005-11-09 17:43:17 UTC (rev 303)
+++ trunk/refman-4.1/installing.xml	2005-11-09 20:38:51 UTC (rev 304)
@@ -2044,10 +2044,10 @@
 
       <para>
         Check the MySQL downloads page
-        (<ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/"/>) for information
+        (<ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>) for information
         about the current version and for downloading instructions. For
         a complete up-to-date list of MySQL download mirror sites, see
-        <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mirrors.html"/>.
+        <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;mirrors.html"/>.
         There you can also find information about becoming a MySQL
         mirror site and how to report a bad or out-of-date mirror.
       </para>
@@ -2833,7 +2833,7 @@
           <para>
             A copy of the MySQL binary distribution for Windows, which
             can be downloaded from
-            <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/"/>. See
+            <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>. See
             <xref linkend="getting-mysql"/>.
           </para>
 
@@ -3066,7 +3066,7 @@
 
         <para>
           The MySQL server install packages can be downloaded from
-          <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/"/>. If the package
+          <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>. If the package
           you download is contained within a Zip archive, you need to
           extract the archive first.
         </para>
@@ -6526,7 +6526,7 @@
 
     <para>
       The latest binary packages for NetWare can be obtained at
-      <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/"/>. See
+      <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>. See
       <xref linkend="getting-mysql"/>.
     </para>
 
@@ -8369,7 +8369,7 @@
           <para>
             Normally, you do not have to build the documentation
             yourself, because we provide it in various formats on
-            <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/"/>. The formats you
+            <ulink url="&base-url-docs;"/>. The formats you
             can download there (HTML, PDF, etc.) are built on a daily
             basis, so you gain little by creating them yourself from the
             DocBook XML base format in the <literal>mysqldoc</literal>
@@ -9452,7 +9452,7 @@
             particular version of MySQL in which you are interested.
             Prepackaged source distributions are available for released
             versions of MySQL and can be obtained from
-            <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/"/>.
+            <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>.
           </para>
         </listitem>
 
@@ -14218,7 +14218,7 @@
           Linux version that does not have <literal>glibc2</literal>,
           you must install LinuxThreads before trying to compile MySQL.
           You can obtain LinuxThreads at
-          <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/os-linux.html"/>.
+          <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;os-linux.html"/>.
         </para>
 
         <para>
@@ -15028,7 +15028,7 @@
         In this case, you must use GNU <command>tar</command>
         (<command>gtar</command>) to unpack the distribution. You can
         find a precompiled copy for Solaris at
-        <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/os-solaris.html"/>.
+        <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;os-solaris.html"/>.
       </para>
 
       <para>

Modified: trunk/refman-4.1/introduction.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-4.1/introduction.xml	2005-11-09 17:43:17 UTC (rev 303)
+++ trunk/refman-4.1/introduction.xml	2005-11-09 20:38:51 UTC (rev 304)
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
       The MySQL Database Software is under constant development, and the
       Reference Manual is updated frequently as well. The most recent
       version of the manual is available online in searchable form at
-      <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/"/>. Other formats also are
+      <ulink url="&base-url-docs;"/>. Other formats also are
       available, including HTML, PDF, and Windows CHM versions.
     </para>
 
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@
       <para>
         MySQL Server 4.1 is currently in production status, and binaries
         are available for download at
-        <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/4.1.html"/>.
+        <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;mysql/4.1.html"/>.
         All binary releases pass our extensive test suite without any
         errors on the platforms on which we test. See
         <xref linkend="news-4-1-x"/>.
@@ -1894,7 +1894,7 @@
       <para>
         For a prioritized list indicating when new extensions are added
         to MySQL Server, you should consult the online MySQL TODO list
-        at <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/TODO.html"/>.
+        at <ulink url="&base-url-docs;mysql/en/TODO.html"/>.
       </para>
 
     </section>

Modified: trunk/refman-4.1/ndbcluster.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-4.1/ndbcluster.xml	2005-11-09 17:43:17 UTC (rev 303)
+++ trunk/refman-4.1/ndbcluster.xml	2005-11-09 20:38:51 UTC (rev 304)
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@
         you are using the <literal>-max</literal> binary appropriate to
         your Linux. Solaris, or Mac OS X operating system, available via
         the MySQL software downloads page at
-        <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads"/>.
+        <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>.
       </para>
 
       <para>
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@
         step in the installation process for each cluster host is to
         download the file
         <filename>mysql-max-&current-version;-pc-linux-gnu-i686.tar.gz</filename>
-        from the <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads">MySQL
+        from the <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;">MySQL
         downloads area</ulink>. We assume that you have placed it in
         each machine's <filename>/var/tmp</filename> directory.
       </para>
@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@
 
       <para>
         (<emphasis role="bold">NOTE</emphasis>: The "world" database can
-        be downloaded from <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/"/>
+        be downloaded from <ulink url="&base-url-docs;"/>
         where it can be found listed under "Examples".)
       </para>
 
@@ -5263,7 +5263,7 @@
         <command>mysqld</command> needs to be built with support for the
         <literal>NDB Cluster</literal> storage engine, as it is in the
         precompiled <literal>-max</literal> binaries available from
-        <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads"/> for MySQL versions
+        <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/> for MySQL versions
         4.1.3 and newer.
       </para>
 
@@ -9569,7 +9569,7 @@
           <emphasis>not</emphasis> included in the &current-series;.x
           RPMs; you should use the binaries supplied as
           <filename>.tar.gz</filename> archives from
-          <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/"/> instead. You
+          <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/> instead. You
           can also obtain <literal>NDB</literal> support by compiling
           the <literal>-max</literal> binaries from source, but it is
           not necessary to do so simply in order to use MySQL Cluster.

Modified: trunk/refman-4.1/news.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-4.1/news.xml	2005-11-09 17:43:17 UTC (rev 303)
+++ trunk/refman-4.1/news.xml	2005-11-09 20:38:51 UTC (rev 304)
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     Note that we tend to update the manual at the same time we make
     changes to MySQL. If you find a recent version of MySQL listed here
     that you can't find on our download page
-    (<ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/"/>), it means that the
+    (<ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>), it means that the
     version has not yet been released.
   </para>
 

Modified: trunk/refman-4.1/optimization.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-4.1/optimization.xml	2005-11-09 17:43:17 UTC (rev 303)
+++ trunk/refman-4.1/optimization.xml	2005-11-09 20:38:51 UTC (rev 304)
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@
             The benchmark suite is provided with MySQL source
             distributions. You can either download a released
             distribution from
-            <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/"/>, or use the
+            <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>, or use the
             current development source tree (see
             <xref linkend="installing-source-tree"/>).
           </para>

Modified: trunk/refman-4.1/sql-syntax.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-4.1/sql-syntax.xml	2005-11-09 17:43:17 UTC (rev 303)
+++ trunk/refman-4.1/sql-syntax.xml	2005-11-09 20:38:51 UTC (rev 304)
@@ -8561,7 +8561,7 @@
         <para>
           There is a chapter titled <quote>How MySQL Transforms
           Subqueries</quote> in the MySQL Internals Manual, available at
-          <ulink url="&docs-base-url;"/>.
+          <ulink url="&base-url-docs;"/>.
         </para>
 
       </section>

Modified: trunk/refman-4.1/using-mysql-programs.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-4.1/using-mysql-programs.xml	2005-11-09 17:43:17 UTC (rev 303)
+++ trunk/refman-4.1/using-mysql-programs.xml	2005-11-09 20:38:51 UTC (rev 304)
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
     <listitem>
       <para>
-        <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/administrator/en/">MySQL
+        <ulink url="&base-url-docs;administrator/en/">MySQL
         Administrator</ulink>: This tool is used for administering MySQL
         servers, databases, tables, and users.
       </para>
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
     <listitem>
       <para>
-        <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/query-browser/en/">MySQL
+        <ulink url="&base-url-docs;query-browser/en/">MySQL
         Query Browser</ulink>: This graphical tool is provided by MySQL
         AB for creating, executing, and optimizing queries on MySQL
         databases.
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 
     <listitem>
       <para>
-        <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/migration-toolkit/en/">MySQL
+        <ulink url="&base-url-docs;migration-toolkit/en/">MySQL
         Migration Toolkit</ulink>: This tool is intended to help you
         with migrating schemas and data from other relational database
         management systems to MySQL.

Modified: trunk/refman-5.0/connector-mxj.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-5.0/connector-mxj.xml	2005-11-09 17:43:17 UTC (rev 303)
+++ trunk/refman-5.0/connector-mxj.xml	2005-11-09 20:38:51 UTC (rev 304)
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@
 
     <para>
       You can download sources and binaries from:
-      <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/mxj/">
-      http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/mxj/ </ulink>
+      <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;connector/mxj/">
+      &base-url-downloads;connector/mxj/ </ulink>
     </para>
 
     <para>
@@ -149,8 +149,8 @@
       <listitem>
         <para>
           MySQL Connector/J version 3.1 or newer (from
-          <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/">
-          http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/ </ulink>)
+          <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;connector/j/">
+          &base-url-downloads;connector/j/ </ulink>)
           installed and available via your CLASSPATH.
         </para>
       </listitem>

Modified: trunk/refman-5.0/connector-net.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-5.0/connector-net.xml	2005-11-09 17:43:17 UTC (rev 303)
+++ trunk/refman-5.0/connector-net.xml	2005-11-09 20:38:51 UTC (rev 304)
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
 
     <para>
       &connector_net; is available for download from
-      <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/1.0.html">http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/1.0.html</ulink>.
+      <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;connector/net/1.0.html">&base-url-downloads;connector/net/1.0.html</ulink>.
     </para>
 
     <para>
@@ -2726,7 +2726,7 @@
         <para>
           This section will not provide in-depth information on creating
           Stored Procedures, for such information please refer to the
-          <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/stored-procedures.html">
+          <ulink url="&base-url-docs;mysql/en/stored-procedures.html">
           Stored Procedures</ulink> section of the MySQL Reference
           Manual.
         </para>
@@ -3464,7 +3464,7 @@
         <para>
           If you choose to design your reports using Connector/ODBC, it
           can be downloaded from
-          <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/odbc/3.51.html">dev.mysql.com</ulink>.
+          <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;connector/odbc/3.51.html">dev.mysql.com</ulink>.
         </para>
 
       </section>
@@ -3860,7 +3860,7 @@
           <literal>traditional</literal> SQL mode to restrict invalid
           date values. For information on using the
           <literal>traditional</literal> SQL mode, see
-          <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/server-sql-mode.html">http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/server-sql-mode.html</ulink>.
+          <ulink url="&base-url-docs;mysql/en/server-sql-mode.html">&base-url-docs;mysql/en/server-sql-mode.html</ulink>.
         </para>
 
       </section>

Modified: trunk/refman-5.0/connector-odbc.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-5.0/connector-odbc.xml	2005-11-09 17:43:17 UTC (rev 303)
+++ trunk/refman-5.0/connector-odbc.xml	2005-11-09 20:38:51 UTC (rev 304)
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     working knowledge of C, general DBMS knowledge, and finally, but not
     least, familiarity with MySQL. For more information about MySQL
     functionality and its syntax, refer to
-    <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/"/>.
+    <ulink url="&base-url-docs;"/>.
   </para>
 
   <para>
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
         MySQL AB distributes all its products under the General Public
         License (GPL). You can get a copy of the latest version of
         MyODBC binaries and sources from the MySQL AB Web site
-        <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/"/>.
+        <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>.
       </para>
 
       <para>
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@
 
     <para>
       MyODBC is Open Source. You can find the newest version at
-      <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/odbc/"/>.
+      <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;connector/odbc/"/>.
       Please note that the 2.50.x versions are LGPL licensed, whereas
       the 3.51.x versions are GPL licensed.
     </para>
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@
     <para>
       To install MyODBC on Windows, you should download the appropriate
       distribution file from
-      <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/odbc/"/>,
+      <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;connector/odbc/"/>,
       unpack it, and execute the
       <command>MyODBC-<replaceable>VERSION</replaceable>.exe</command>
       file.
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@
             required because MyODBC uses new calls and structures that
             exist only starting from this version of the library. To get
             the client libraries and include files, visit
-            <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/"/>.
+            <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>.
           </para>
         </listitem>
 
@@ -1218,7 +1218,7 @@
             required because MyODBC uses new calls and structures that
             exist only starting from this version of the library. To get
             the client libraries and include files, visit
-            <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/"/>.
+            <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>.
           </para>
         </listitem>
 
@@ -3830,7 +3830,7 @@
             data sources. Allaire has verified that MyODBC 2.50.26 works
             with MySQL 3.22.27 and ColdFusion for Linux. (Any newer
             version should also work.) You can download MyODBC at
-            <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/odbc/"/>.
+            <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;connector/odbc/"/>.
           </para>
 
           <para>
@@ -4324,14 +4324,14 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>
             Install the latest version of MySQL from
-            <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/"/>.
+            <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>.
           </para>
         </listitem>
 
         <listitem>
           <para>
             Install the latest version of MyODBC 3.51 or 2.50 from
-            <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/odbc/"/>.
+            <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;connector/odbc/"/>.
           </para>
         </listitem>
 

Modified: trunk/refman-5.0/database-administration.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-5.0/database-administration.xml	2005-11-09 17:43:17 UTC (rev 303)
+++ trunk/refman-5.0/database-administration.xml	2005-11-09 20:38:51 UTC (rev 304)
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
             MySQL-Max server (<command>mysqld-max.exe</command>), so you
             need not get a special distribution. Just use a regular
             Windows distribution, available at
-            <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/"/>. See
+            <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>. See
             <xref linkend="windows-installation"/>.
           </para>
         </listitem>
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@
 
       <para>
         You can find the MySQL-Max binaries on the MySQL AB Web site at
-        <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/">http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/</ulink>.
+        <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;">&base-url-downloads;</ulink>.
       </para>
 
       <para>
@@ -22778,7 +22778,7 @@
         If your system doesn't have a zoneinfo database (for example,
         Windows or HP-UX), you can use the package of pre-built time
         zone tables that is available for download at
-        <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/timezones.html"/>.
+        <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;timezones.html"/>.
         This package contains <filename>.frm</filename>,
         <filename>.MYD</filename>, and <filename>.MYI</filename> files
         for the <literal>MyISAM</literal> time zone tables. These tables

Modified: trunk/refman-5.0/error-handling.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-5.0/error-handling.xml	2005-11-09 17:43:17 UTC (rev 303)
+++ trunk/refman-5.0/error-handling.xml	2005-11-09 20:38:51 UTC (rev 304)
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     <remark role="note">
       The way that error information is defined differs for 4.1 compared
       to 5.0.3 and up. Details can be found in the MySQL Internals
-      manual, available at <ulink url="&docs-base-url;"/>.
+      manual, available at <ulink url="&base-url-docs;"/>.
     </remark>
 
     <para>

Modified: trunk/refman-5.0/extending-mysql.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-5.0/extending-mysql.xml	2005-11-09 17:43:17 UTC (rev 303)
+++ trunk/refman-5.0/extending-mysql.xml	2005-11-09 20:38:51 UTC (rev 304)
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@
               If you have compiled MySQL yourself, check our manual for
               how to compile MySQL on your platform or, preferable, use
               one of the binaries we have compiled for you at
-              <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/"/>. All our
+              <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>. All our
               standard binaries should pass the test suite!
             </para>
           </listitem>

Modified: trunk/refman-5.0/installing.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-5.0/installing.xml	2005-11-09 17:43:17 UTC (rev 303)
+++ trunk/refman-5.0/installing.xml	2005-11-09 20:38:51 UTC (rev 304)
@@ -2042,10 +2042,10 @@
 
       <para>
         Check the MySQL downloads page
-        (<ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/"/>) for information
+        (<ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>) for information
         about the current version and for downloading instructions. For
         a complete up-to-date list of MySQL download mirror sites, see
-        <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mirrors.html"/>.
+        <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;mirrors.html"/>.
         There you can also find information about becoming a MySQL
         mirror site and how to report a bad or out-of-date mirror.
       </para>
@@ -2828,7 +2828,7 @@
           <para>
             A copy of the MySQL binary distribution for Windows, which
             can be downloaded from
-            <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/"/>. See
+            <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>. See
             <xref linkend="getting-mysql"/>.
           </para>
 
@@ -3105,7 +3105,7 @@
 
         <para>
           The MySQL server installation packages can be downloaded from
-          <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/"/>. If the package
+          <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>. If the package
           you download is contained within a Zip archive, you need to
           extract the archive first.
         </para>
@@ -5427,7 +5427,7 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>
             Download the latest Windows distribution of MySQL from
-            <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads"/>.
+            <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>.
           </para>
         </listitem>
 
@@ -6560,7 +6560,7 @@
 
     <para>
       The latest binary packages for NetWare can be obtained at
-      <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/"/>. See
+      <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>. See
       <xref linkend="getting-mysql"/>.
     </para>
 
@@ -8372,7 +8372,7 @@
           <para>
             Normally, you do not have to build the documentation
             yourself, since we already provide it in a number of formats
-            at <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/"/>. The formats you
+            at <ulink url="&base-url-docs;"/>. The formats you
             can download there (HTML, PDF, etc.) are built on a daily
             basis, so you gain little by creating them yourself from the
             DocBook XML base format in the <literal>mysqldoc</literal>
@@ -9406,7 +9406,7 @@
           <para>
             Obtain a source distribution packaged by MySQL AB.
             Prepackaged source distributions are available from
-            <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/"/>.
+            <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>.
           </para>
         </listitem>
 
@@ -13416,7 +13416,7 @@
           Linux version that doesn't have <literal>glibc2</literal>, you
           must install LinuxThreads before trying to compile MySQL. You
           can obtain LinuxThreads from
-          <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/os-linux.html"/>.
+          <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;os-linux.html"/>.
         </para>
 
         <para>
@@ -14234,7 +14234,7 @@
         If this occurs, you must use GNU <command>tar</command>
         (<command>gtar</command>) to unpack the distribution. You can
         find a precompiled copy for Solaris at
-        <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/os-solaris.html"/>.
+        <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;os-solaris.html"/>.
       </para>
 
       <para>
@@ -15338,7 +15338,7 @@
 
         <para>
           Another possibility for HP-UX 11 is to use the MySQL binaries
-          provided at <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads"/>,
+          provided at <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>,
           which we have built and tested ourselves. We have also
           received reports that the HP-UX 10.20 binaries supplied by
           MySQL can be run successfully on HP-UX 11. If you encounter

Modified: trunk/refman-5.0/introduction.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-5.0/introduction.xml	2005-11-09 17:43:17 UTC (rev 303)
+++ trunk/refman-5.0/introduction.xml	2005-11-09 20:38:51 UTC (rev 304)
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
       <remark role="todo">
         Update next sentence with a link when it's been determined how
         this should be handled. Likely to be something like
-        http://dev.mysql.com/doc/en/4-1/ ?
+        &base-url-docs;en/4-1/ ?
       </remark>
 
       If you are using a Version &previous-series; release of the MySQL
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
       The MySQL Database Software is under constant development, and the
       Reference Manual is updated frequently as well. The most recent
       version of the manual is available online in searchable form at
-      <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/"/>. Other formats also are
+      <ulink url="&base-url-docs;"/>. Other formats also are
       available, including HTML, PDF, and Windows CHM versions.
     </para>
 
@@ -1498,7 +1498,7 @@
    <para>
     For a prioritized list indicating when new extensions are added to
     MySQL Server, you should consult the online MySQL TODO list at
-    <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/TODO.html"/>. That is
+    <ulink url="&base-url-docs;mysql/en/TODO.html"/>. That is
     the latest version of the TODO list in this manual. See
     <xref linkend="todo"/>.
    </para>

Modified: trunk/refman-5.0/ndbcluster.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-5.0/ndbcluster.xml	2005-11-09 17:43:17 UTC (rev 303)
+++ trunk/refman-5.0/ndbcluster.xml	2005-11-09 20:38:51 UTC (rev 304)
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@
         you are using the <literal>-max</literal> binary appropriate to
         your Linux. Solaris, or Mac OS X operating system, available via
         the MySQL software downloads page at
-        <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads"/>.
+        <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>.
       </para>
 
       <para>
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@
         step in the installation process for each cluster host is to
         download the file
         <filename>mysql-max-&current-version;-pc-linux-gnu-i686.tar.gz</filename>
-        from the <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads">MySQL
+        from the <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;">MySQL
         downloads area</ulink>. We assume that you have placed it in
         each machine's <filename>/var/tmp</filename> directory.
       </para>
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@
 
       <para>
         (<emphasis role="bold">NOTE</emphasis>: The "world" database can
-        be downloaded from <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/"/>
+        be downloaded from <ulink url="&base-url-docs;"/>
         where it can be found listed under "Examples".)
       </para>
 
@@ -5275,7 +5275,7 @@
         <command>mysqld</command> needs to be built with support for the
         <literal>NDB Cluster</literal> storage engine, as it is in the
         precompiled <literal>-max</literal> binaries available from
-        <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads"/>.
+        <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>.
       </para>
 
       <para>
@@ -9865,7 +9865,7 @@
           from source, but it is not necessary to do so simply to use
           MySQL Cluster. To download the latest binary, RPM, or source
           distibution in the MySQL &current-series; series, visit
-          <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/&current-series;.html"/>.
+          <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;mysql/&current-series;.html"/>.
         </para>
       </listitem>
 

Modified: trunk/refman-5.0/news.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-5.0/news.xml	2005-11-09 17:43:17 UTC (rev 303)
+++ trunk/refman-5.0/news.xml	2005-11-09 20:38:51 UTC (rev 304)
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     Note that we tend to update the manual at the same time we make
     changes to MySQL. If you find a recent version of MySQL listed here
     that you can't find on our download page
-    (<ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/"/>), it means that the
+    (<ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>), it means that the
     version has not yet been released.
   </para>
 

Modified: trunk/refman-5.0/optimization.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-5.0/optimization.xml	2005-11-09 17:43:17 UTC (rev 303)
+++ trunk/refman-5.0/optimization.xml	2005-11-09 20:38:51 UTC (rev 304)
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@
             The benchmark suite is provided with MySQL source
             distributions. You can either download a released
             distribution from
-            <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/"/>, or use the
+            <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>, or use the
             current development source tree (see
             <xref linkend="installing-source-tree"/>).
           </para>

Modified: trunk/refman-5.0/preface.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-5.0/preface.xml	2005-11-09 17:43:17 UTC (rev 303)
+++ trunk/refman-5.0/preface.xml	2005-11-09 20:38:51 UTC (rev 304)
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <remark role="todo">
       Update next sentence with a link when it's been determined how
       this should be handled. Likely to be something like
-      http://dev.mysql.com/doc/en/4-1/ ?
+      &base-url-docs;en/4-1/ ?
     </remark>
 
     If you are using an earlier release of the MySQL software, please

Modified: trunk/refman-5.0/sql-syntax.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-5.0/sql-syntax.xml	2005-11-09 17:43:17 UTC (rev 303)
+++ trunk/refman-5.0/sql-syntax.xml	2005-11-09 20:38:51 UTC (rev 304)
@@ -2452,7 +2452,7 @@
           <para>
             <literal>RAID</literal> support has been removed as of MySQL
             5.0. For information on <literal>RAID</literal>, see
-            <ulink url="&refman;/4.1/en/create-table.html"/>.
+            <ulink url="&base-url-refman;/4.1/en/create-table.html"/>.
           </para>
         </listitem>
 
@@ -8944,7 +8944,7 @@
         <para>
           There is a chapter titled <quote>How MySQL Transforms
           Subqueries</quote> in the MySQL Internals Manual, available at
-          <ulink url="&docs-base-url;"/>.
+          <ulink url="&base-url-docs;"/>.
         </para>
 
       </section>

Modified: trunk/refman-5.0/using-mysql-programs.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-5.0/using-mysql-programs.xml	2005-11-09 17:43:17 UTC (rev 303)
+++ trunk/refman-5.0/using-mysql-programs.xml	2005-11-09 20:38:51 UTC (rev 304)
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
     <listitem>
       <para>
-        <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/administrator/en/">MySQL
+        <ulink url="&base-url-docs;administrator/en/">MySQL
         Administrator</ulink>: This tool is used for administering MySQL
         servers, databases, tables, and users.
       </para>
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
     <listitem>
       <para>
-        <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/query-browser/en/">MySQL
+        <ulink url="&base-url-docs;query-browser/en/">MySQL
         Query Browser</ulink>: This graphical tool is provided by MySQL
         AB for creating, executing, and optimizing queries on MySQL
         databases.
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 
     <listitem>
       <para>
-        <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/migration-toolkit/en/">MySQL
+        <ulink url="&base-url-docs;migration-toolkit/en/">MySQL
         Migration Toolkit</ulink>: This tool is intended to help you
         with migrating schemas and data from other relational database
         management systems to MySQL.

Modified: trunk/refman-5.1/connector-mxj.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-5.1/connector-mxj.xml	2005-11-09 17:43:17 UTC (rev 303)
+++ trunk/refman-5.1/connector-mxj.xml	2005-11-09 20:38:51 UTC (rev 304)
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@
 
     <para>
       You can download sources and binaries from:
-      <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/mxj/">
-      http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/mxj/ </ulink>
+      <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;connector/mxj/">
+      &base-url-downloads;connector/mxj/ </ulink>
     </para>
 
     <para>
@@ -149,8 +149,8 @@
       <listitem>
         <para>
           MySQL Connector/J version 3.1 or newer (from
-          <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/">
-          http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/ </ulink>)
+          <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;connector/j/">
+          &base-url-downloads;connector/j/ </ulink>)
           installed and available via your CLASSPATH.
         </para>
       </listitem>

Modified: trunk/refman-5.1/connector-net.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-5.1/connector-net.xml	2005-11-09 17:43:17 UTC (rev 303)
+++ trunk/refman-5.1/connector-net.xml	2005-11-09 20:38:51 UTC (rev 304)
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
 
     <para>
       &connector_net; is available for download from
-      <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/1.0.html">http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/1.0.html</ulink>.
+      <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;connector/net/1.0.html">&base-url-downloads;connector/net/1.0.html</ulink>.
     </para>
 
     <para>
@@ -2726,7 +2726,7 @@
         <para>
           This section will not provide in-depth information on creating
           Stored Procedures, for such information please refer to the
-          <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/stored-procedures.html">
+          <ulink url="&base-url-docs;mysql/en/stored-procedures.html">
           Stored Procedures</ulink> section of the MySQL Reference
           Manual.
         </para>
@@ -3464,7 +3464,7 @@
         <para>
           If you choose to design your reports using Connector/ODBC, it
           can be downloaded from
-          <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/odbc/3.51.html">dev.mysql.com</ulink>.
+          <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;connector/odbc/3.51.html">dev.mysql.com</ulink>.
         </para>
 
       </section>
@@ -3860,7 +3860,7 @@
           <literal>traditional</literal> SQL mode to restrict invalid
           date values. For information on using the
           <literal>traditional</literal> SQL mode, see
-          <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/server-sql-mode.html">http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/server-sql-mode.html</ulink>.
+          <ulink url="&base-url-docs;mysql/en/server-sql-mode.html">&base-url-docs;mysql/en/server-sql-mode.html</ulink>.
         </para>
 
       </section>

Modified: trunk/refman-5.1/connector-odbc.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-5.1/connector-odbc.xml	2005-11-09 17:43:17 UTC (rev 303)
+++ trunk/refman-5.1/connector-odbc.xml	2005-11-09 20:38:51 UTC (rev 304)
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     working knowledge of C, general DBMS knowledge, and finally, but not
     least, familiarity with MySQL. For more information about MySQL
     functionality and its syntax, refer to
-    <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/"/>.
+    <ulink url="&base-url-docs;"/>.
   </para>
 
   <para>
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
         MySQL AB distributes all its products under the General Public
         License (GPL). You can get a copy of the latest version of
         MyODBC binaries and sources from the MySQL AB Web site
-        <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/"/>.
+        <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>.
       </para>
 
       <para>
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@
 
     <para>
       MyODBC is Open Source. You can find the newest version at
-      <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/odbc/"/>.
+      <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;connector/odbc/"/>.
       Please note that the 2.50.x versions are LGPL licensed, whereas
       the 3.51.x versions are GPL licensed.
     </para>
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@
     <para>
       To install MyODBC on Windows, you should download the appropriate
       distribution file from
-      <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/odbc/"/>,
+      <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;connector/odbc/"/>,
       unpack it, and execute the
       <command>MyODBC-<replaceable>VERSION</replaceable>.exe</command>
       file.
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@
             required because MyODBC uses new calls and structures that
             exist only starting from this version of the library. To get
             the client libraries and include files, visit
-            <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/"/>.
+            <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>.
           </para>
         </listitem>
 
@@ -1218,7 +1218,7 @@
             required because MyODBC uses new calls and structures that
             exist only starting from this version of the library. To get
             the client libraries and include files, visit
-            <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/"/>.
+            <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>.
           </para>
         </listitem>
 
@@ -3830,7 +3830,7 @@
             data sources. Allaire has verified that MyODBC 2.50.26 works
             with MySQL 3.22.27 and ColdFusion for Linux. (Any newer
             version should also work.) You can download MyODBC at
-            <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/odbc/"/>.
+            <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;connector/odbc/"/>.
           </para>
 
           <para>
@@ -4324,14 +4324,14 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>
             Install the latest version of MySQL from
-            <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/"/>.
+            <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>.
           </para>
         </listitem>
 
         <listitem>
           <para>
             Install the latest version of MyODBC 3.51 or 2.50 from
-            <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/odbc/"/>.
+            <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;connector/odbc/"/>.
           </para>
         </listitem>
 

Modified: trunk/refman-5.1/database-administration.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-5.1/database-administration.xml	2005-11-09 17:43:17 UTC (rev 303)
+++ trunk/refman-5.1/database-administration.xml	2005-11-09 20:38:51 UTC (rev 304)
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
             MySQL-Max server (<command>mysqld-max.exe</command>), so you
             need not get a special distribution. Just use a regular
             Windows distribution, available at
-            <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/"/>. See
+            <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>. See
             <xref linkend="windows-installation"/>.
           </para>
         </listitem>
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@
 
       <para>
         You can find the MySQL-Max binaries on the MySQL AB Web site at
-        <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/">http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/</ulink>.
+        <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;">&base-url-downloads;</ulink>.
       </para>
 
       <para>
@@ -22653,7 +22653,7 @@
         If your system doesn't have a zoneinfo database (for example,
         Windows or HP-UX), you can use the package of pre-built time
         zone tables that is available for download at
-        <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/timezones.html"/>.
+        <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;timezones.html"/>.
         This package contains <filename>.frm</filename>,
         <filename>.MYD</filename>, and <filename>.MYI</filename> files
         for the <literal>MyISAM</literal> time zone tables. These tables

Modified: trunk/refman-5.1/error-handling.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-5.1/error-handling.xml	2005-11-09 17:43:17 UTC (rev 303)
+++ trunk/refman-5.1/error-handling.xml	2005-11-09 20:38:51 UTC (rev 304)
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     <remark role="note">
       The way that error information is defined differs for 4.1 compared
       to 5.0.3 and up. Details can be found in the MySQL Internals
-      manual, available at <ulink url="&docs-base-url;"/>.
+      manual, available at <ulink url="&base-url-docs;"/>.
     </remark>
 
     <para>

Modified: trunk/refman-5.1/extending-mysql.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-5.1/extending-mysql.xml	2005-11-09 17:43:17 UTC (rev 303)
+++ trunk/refman-5.1/extending-mysql.xml	2005-11-09 20:38:51 UTC (rev 304)
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@
               If you have compiled MySQL yourself, check our manual for
               how to compile MySQL on your platform or, preferable, use
               one of the binaries we have compiled for you at
-              <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/"/>. All our
+              <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>. All our
               standard binaries should pass the test suite!
             </para>
           </listitem>

Modified: trunk/refman-5.1/installing.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-5.1/installing.xml	2005-11-09 17:43:17 UTC (rev 303)
+++ trunk/refman-5.1/installing.xml	2005-11-09 20:38:51 UTC (rev 304)
@@ -2048,10 +2048,10 @@
 
       <para>
         Check the MySQL downloads page
-        (<ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/"/>) for information
+        (<ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>) for information
         about the current version and for downloading instructions. For
         a complete up-to-date list of MySQL download mirror sites, see
-        <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mirrors.html"/>.
+        <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;mirrors.html"/>.
         There you can also find information about becoming a MySQL
         mirror site and how to report a bad or out-of-date mirror.
       </para>
@@ -2834,7 +2834,7 @@
           <para>
             A copy of the MySQL binary distribution for Windows, which
             can be downloaded from
-            <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/"/>. See
+            <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>. See
             <xref linkend="getting-mysql"/>.
           </para>
 
@@ -3111,7 +3111,7 @@
 
         <para>
           The MySQL server installation packages can be downloaded from
-          <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/"/>. If the package
+          <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>. If the package
           you download is contained within a Zip archive, you need to
           extract the archive first.
         </para>
@@ -5430,7 +5430,7 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>
             Download the latest Windows distribution of MySQL from
-            <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads"/>.
+            <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>.
           </para>
         </listitem>
 
@@ -6563,7 +6563,7 @@
 
     <para>
       The latest binary packages for NetWare can be obtained at
-      <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/"/>. See
+      <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>. See
       <xref linkend="getting-mysql"/>.
     </para>
 
@@ -8375,7 +8375,7 @@
           <para>
             Normally, you do not have to build the documentation
             yourself, since we already provide it in a number of formats
-            at <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/"/>. The formats you
+            at <ulink url="&base-url-docs;"/>. The formats you
             can download there (HTML, PDF, etc.) are built on a daily
             basis, so you gain little by creating them yourself from the
             DocBook XML base format in the <literal>mysqldoc</literal>
@@ -9409,7 +9409,7 @@
           <para>
             Obtain a source distribution packaged by MySQL AB.
             Prepackaged source distributions are available from
-            <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/"/>.
+            <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>.
           </para>
         </listitem>
 
@@ -12624,7 +12624,7 @@
           Linux version that doesn't have <literal>glibc2</literal>, you
           must install LinuxThreads before trying to compile MySQL. You
           can obtain LinuxThreads from
-          <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/os-linux.html"/>.
+          <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;os-linux.html"/>.
         </para>
 
         <para>
@@ -13442,7 +13442,7 @@
         If this occurs, you must use GNU <command>tar</command>
         (<command>gtar</command>) to unpack the distribution. You can
         find a precompiled copy for Solaris at
-        <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/os-solaris.html"/>.
+        <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;os-solaris.html"/>.
       </para>
 
       <para>
@@ -14546,7 +14546,7 @@
 
         <para>
           Another possibility for HP-UX 11 is to use the MySQL binaries
-          provided at <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads"/>,
+          provided at <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>,
           which we have built and tested ourselves. We have also
           received reports that the HP-UX 10.20 binaries supplied by
           MySQL can be run successfully on HP-UX 11. If you encounter

Modified: trunk/refman-5.1/introduction.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-5.1/introduction.xml	2005-11-09 17:43:17 UTC (rev 303)
+++ trunk/refman-5.1/introduction.xml	2005-11-09 20:38:51 UTC (rev 304)
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
       <remark role="todo">
         Update next sentence with a link when it's been determined how
         this should be handled. Likely to be something like
-        http://dev.mysql.com/doc/en/4-1/ ?
+        &base-url-docs;en/4-1/ ?
       </remark>
 
       If you are using an earlier release of the MySQL software, please
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
       The MySQL Database Software is under constant development, and the
       Reference Manual is updated frequently as well. The most recent
       version of the manual is available online in searchable form at
-      <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/"/>. Other formats also are
+      <ulink url="&base-url-docs;"/>. Other formats also are
       available, including HTML, PDF, and Windows CHM versions.
     </para>
 
@@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@
    <para>
     For a prioritized list indicating when new extensions are added to
     MySQL Server, you should consult the online MySQL TODO list at
-    <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/TODO.html"/>. That is
+    <ulink url="&base-url-docs;mysql/en/TODO.html"/>. That is
     the latest version of the TODO list in this manual. See
     <xref linkend="todo"/>.
    </para>

Modified: trunk/refman-5.1/ndbcluster.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-5.1/ndbcluster.xml	2005-11-09 17:43:17 UTC (rev 303)
+++ trunk/refman-5.1/ndbcluster.xml	2005-11-09 20:38:51 UTC (rev 304)
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@
         you are using the <literal>-max</literal> binary appropriate to
         your Linux. Solaris, or Mac OS X operating system, available via
         the MySQL software downloads page at
-        <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads"/>.
+        <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>.
       </para>
 
       <para>
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@
         step in the installation process for each cluster host is to
         download the file
         <filename>mysql-max-&current-version;-pc-linux-gnu-i686.tar.gz</filename>
-        from the <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads">MySQL
+        from the <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;">MySQL
         downloads area</ulink>. We assume that you have placed it in
         each machine's <filename>/var/tmp</filename> directory.
       </para>
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@
 
       <para>
         (<emphasis role="bold">NOTE</emphasis>: The "world" database can
-        be downloaded from <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/"/>
+        be downloaded from <ulink url="&base-url-docs;"/>
         where it can be found listed under "Examples".)
       </para>
 
@@ -5275,7 +5275,7 @@
         <command>mysqld</command> needs to be built with support for the
         <literal>NDB Cluster</literal> storage engine, as it is in the
         precompiled <literal>-max</literal> binaries available from
-        <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads"/>.
+        <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>.
       </para>
 
       <para>
@@ -9833,7 +9833,7 @@
           but it is not necessary to do so simply to use MySQL Cluster.
           To download the latest binary, RPM, or source distibution in
           the MySQL &current-series; series, visit
-          <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/&current-series;.html"/>.
+          <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;mysql/&current-series;.html"/>.
         </para>
       </listitem>
 

Modified: trunk/refman-5.1/news.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-5.1/news.xml	2005-11-09 17:43:17 UTC (rev 303)
+++ trunk/refman-5.1/news.xml	2005-11-09 20:38:51 UTC (rev 304)
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     Note that we tend to update the manual at the same time we make
     changes to MySQL. If you find a recent version of MySQL listed here
     that you can't find on our download page
-    (<ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/"/>), it means that the
+    (<ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>), it means that the
     version has not yet been released.
   </para>
 

Modified: trunk/refman-5.1/optimization.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-5.1/optimization.xml	2005-11-09 17:43:17 UTC (rev 303)
+++ trunk/refman-5.1/optimization.xml	2005-11-09 20:38:51 UTC (rev 304)
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@
             The benchmark suite is provided with MySQL source
             distributions. You can either download a released
             distribution from
-            <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/"/>, or use the
+            <ulink url="&base-url-downloads;"/>, or use the
             current development source tree (see
             <xref linkend="installing-source-tree"/>).
           </para>

Modified: trunk/refman-5.1/preface.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-5.1/preface.xml	2005-11-09 17:43:17 UTC (rev 303)
+++ trunk/refman-5.1/preface.xml	2005-11-09 20:38:51 UTC (rev 304)
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <remark role="todo">
       Update next sentence with a link when it's been determined how
       this should be handled. Likely to be something like
-      http://dev.mysql.com/doc/en/4-1/ ?
+      &base-url-docs;en/4-1/ ?
     </remark>
 
     If you are using an earlier release of the MySQL software, please

Modified: trunk/refman-5.1/sql-syntax.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-5.1/sql-syntax.xml	2005-11-09 17:43:17 UTC (rev 303)
+++ trunk/refman-5.1/sql-syntax.xml	2005-11-09 20:38:51 UTC (rev 304)
@@ -2658,7 +2658,7 @@
           <para>
             <literal>RAID</literal> support has been removed as of MySQL
             5.0. For information on <literal>RAID</literal>, see
-            <ulink url="&refman;/4.1/en/create-table.html"/>.
+            <ulink url="&base-url-refman;/4.1/en/create-table.html"/>.
           </para>
         </listitem>
 
@@ -9516,7 +9516,7 @@
         <para>
           There is a chapter titled <quote>How MySQL Transforms
           Subqueries</quote> in the MySQL Internals Manual, available at
-          <ulink url="&docs-base-url;"/>.
+          <ulink url="&base-url-docs;"/>.
         </para>
 
       </section>

Modified: trunk/refman-5.1/using-mysql-programs.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-5.1/using-mysql-programs.xml	2005-11-09 17:43:17 UTC (rev 303)
+++ trunk/refman-5.1/using-mysql-programs.xml	2005-11-09 20:38:51 UTC (rev 304)
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
     <listitem>
       <para>
-        <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/administrator/en/">MySQL
+        <ulink url="&base-url-docs;administrator/en/">MySQL
         Administrator</ulink>: This tool is used for administering MySQL
         servers, databases, tables, and users.
       </para>
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
     <listitem>
       <para>
-        <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/query-browser/en/">MySQL
+        <ulink url="&base-url-docs;query-browser/en/">MySQL
         Query Browser</ulink>: This graphical tool is provided by MySQL
         AB for creating, executing, and optimizing queries on MySQL
         databases.
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 
     <listitem>
       <para>
-        <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/migration-toolkit/en/">MySQL
+        <ulink url="&base-url-docs;migration-toolkit/en/">MySQL
         Migration Toolkit</ulink>: This tool is intended to help you
         with migrating schemas and data from other relational database
         management systems to MySQL.

Modified: trunk/refman-common/information-sources.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-common/information-sources.xml	2005-11-09 17:43:17 UTC (rev 303)
+++ trunk/refman-common/information-sources.xml	2005-11-09 20:38:51 UTC (rev 304)
@@ -377,10 +377,10 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>
             Start by searching the MySQL online manual at
-            <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/"/>. We try to keep the
+            <ulink url="&base-url-docs;"/>. We try to keep the
             manual up to date by updating it frequently with solutions
             to newly found problems. The change history
-            (<ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/News.html"/>)
+            (<ulink url="&base-url-docs;mysql/en/News.html"/>)
             can be particularly useful since it is quite possible that a
             newer version contains a solution to your problem.
           </para>
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@
             it, it's extremely likely that your current version of MySQL
             Server doesn't support the syntax you are using. If you are
             using the current version and the manual at
-            <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/"/> doesn't cover the
+            <ulink url="&base-url-docs;"/> doesn't cover the
             syntax you are using, MySQL Server doesn't support your
             query. In this case, your only options are to implement the
             syntax yourself or email <email>licensing@stripped</email>

Modified: trunk/refman-common/maxdb.en.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-common/maxdb.en.xml	2005-11-09 17:43:17 UTC (rev 303)
+++ trunk/refman-common/maxdb.en.xml	2005-11-09 20:38:51 UTC (rev 304)
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@
       documentation but the introduction given in this section. MaxDB
       has it's own documentation, called the MaxDB library. The MaxDB
       library is available on
-      <ulink url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/maxdb/index.html" />.
+      <ulink url="&base-url-docs;maxdb/index.html" />.
     </para>
 
     <para>

Modified: trunk/refman-common/titles.en.ent
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-common/titles.en.ent	2005-11-09 17:43:17 UTC (rev 303)
+++ trunk/refman-common/titles.en.ent	2005-11-09 20:38:51 UTC (rev 304)
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@
   file.
 -->
 
-<!ENTITY docs-base-url "http://dev.mysql.com/doc/">
-<!ENTITY refman "http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman">
+<!ENTITY base-url-docs "http://dev.mysql.com/doc/">
+<!ENTITY base-url-downloads "http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/">
+<!ENTITY base-url-refman "http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman">
 <!ENTITY title-access-denied "Causes of <literal>Access denied</literal> Errors">
 <!ENTITY title-access-denied-error "While Connecting, an <literal>Access denied</literal> Error Occurs">
 <!ENTITY title-access-long-tables "I Have Very Long Tables. What is the Best Configuration for MyODBC to Access These Tables?">

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