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Mastering phpMyAdmin 2.11 for Effective MySQL Management
Credits
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Credits
About the Author
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About the Author
About the Reviewers
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About the Reviewers
Preface
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Preface
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Introducing phpMyAdmin
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Introducing phpMyAdmin
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PHP and MySQL: The Leading Open-Source Duo
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What is phpMyAdmin?
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History
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Awards
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phpMyAdmin Features Summary
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Summary
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Installing phpMyAdmin
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Installing phpMyAdmin
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System Requirements
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Downloading the Files
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Installation
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First Connection Configuration
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Multi-Server Configuration
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Advanced Authentication
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Security
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Upgrading phpMyAdmin
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Summary
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Interface Overview
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Interface Overview
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Panels and Windows
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Language Selection
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Themes
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Left Panel
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Right Panel
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Query Window
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Site-Specific Header and Footer
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MySQL Documentation Links
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Summary
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First Steps
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First Steps
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Database Creation
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Creating Our First Table
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Manual Data Insertion
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Browse Mode
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Creating an Additional Table
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Summary
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Changing Data
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Changing Data
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Edit Mode
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Multi-Row Editing
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Editing the Next Row
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Deleting Data
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Deleting Tables
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Deleting Databases
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Summary
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Changing Table Structures
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Changing Table Structures
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Adding a Field
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Editing Field Attributes
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TEXT
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BLOB (Binary Large Object) Fields
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ENUM and SET
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DATE, DATETIME, and TIMESTAMP
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Bit
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Index Management
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Summary
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Exporting Structure and Data
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Exporting Structure and Data
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Dumps, Backups, and Exports
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Database Exports
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Table Exports
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Selective Exports
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Multi-Database Exports
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Saving the Export File on the Server
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Memory Limits
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Summary
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Importing Structure and Data
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Importing Structure and Data
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Limits for the Transfer
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Importing SQL Files
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Importing CSV Files
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Web Server Upload Directories
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Summary
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Searching Data
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Searching Data
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Single-Table Searches
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Complete Database Search
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Summary
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Table and Database Operations
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Table and Database Operations
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Table Maintenance
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Changing Table Attributes
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Renaming, Moving, and Copying Tables
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Multi-Table Operations
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Database Operations
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Summary
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The Relational System
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The Relational System
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Relational MySQL?
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Linked-Tables Infrastructure
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Defining Relations with the Relation View
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Defining Relations with the Designer
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Benefits of the Defined Relations
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Column-Commenting
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Summary
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Entering SQL Commands
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Entering SQL Commands
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The SQL Query Box
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The Query Window
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Multi-Statement Queries
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Pretty Printing (Syntax-Highlighting)
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The SQL Validator
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Summary
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The Multi-Table Query Generator
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The Multi-Table Query Generator
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Choosing Tables
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Column Criteria
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Automatic Joins
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Executing the Query
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Summary
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Bookmarks
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Bookmarks
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Creating a Bookmark after a Successful Query
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Storing a Bookmark before Sending a Query
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Multi-Query Bookmarks
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Recalling from the Bookmarks List
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Public Bookmarks
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The Default Initial Query for a Table
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Bookmark Parameters
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Executing Bookmarks by Browsing the pma_bookmark Table
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Summary
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System Documentation
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System Documentation
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The Database Print View
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The Selective Database Print View
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The Table Print View
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The Data Dictionary
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Relational Schema in PDF
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Summary
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MIME-Based Transformations
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MIME-Based Transformations
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The MIME Column's Settings
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Requirements for Image Generation
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Examples of Transformations
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Summary
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Character Sets and Collations
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Character Sets and Collations
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Language Files and UTF-8
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Versions of MySQL Prior to 4.1.x
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MySQL 4.1.x and Later
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Kanji Support
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Summary
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MySQL 5.0 Features
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MySQL 5.0 Features
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Observations on the History of MySQL 5.0
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Views
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Routines: Stored Procedures and Functions
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Triggers
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Information_schema
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Profiling
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Summary
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MySQL Server Administration
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MySQL Server Administration
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Entering the Server View
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Database Information
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Server Operations
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Troubleshooting and Support
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Troubleshooting and Support
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System Requirements
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Base Configuration
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Solving Common Errors
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Seeking Support
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Contributing to the Project
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Future phpMyAdmin Versions
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Summary

Database Information

When we enter the Databases sub-page, we see the list of existing databases:

We also see an Enable Statistics link. By default, statistics are not enabled because computing the size of data and indexes for all the tables in all the databases may cost valuable MySQL server resources.

Enabling Statistics

If we click the Enable Statistics link, a modified page appears:

Sorting Statistics

By default, the list is sorted by database name in ascending order. If we need to find the database with the most tables, or the database that takes the most space, a simple click on the Tables or Total column header sorts them accordingly. A second click reverses the sort order.

Checking the Database Privileges

Clicking the Check Privileges icon displays all the privileges on a specific database. A user's global privilege might be shown here because it gives him or her access to this database as well. We can also see the privileges specific to this database. An Edit link takes us to another...

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