- 5.1.1. Server Option and Variable Reference
- 5.1.2. Server Command Options
- 5.1.3. Server Options for Loading Plugins
- 5.1.4. Server System Variables
- 5.1.5. Using System Variables
- 5.1.6. Server Status Variables
- 5.1.7. Server SQL Modes
- 5.1.8. Server-Side Help
- 5.1.9. Server Response to Signals
- 5.1.10. The Shutdown Process
mysqld is the MySQL server. The following discussion covers these MySQL server configuration topics:
Startup options that the server supports
Server system variables
Server status variables
How to set the server SQL mode
The server shutdown process
Note
Not all storage engines are supported by all MySQL server binaries
and configurations. To find out how to determine which storage
engines your MySQL server installation supports, see
Section 12.4.5.17, “SHOW ENGINES Syntax”.