Name
HELP
Synopsis
HELP [{'command
|reserve_word
'}]
You can use this statement to access built-in documentation.
Enter HELP
alone to display a list of MySQL
commands for which you may display documentation. Typing HELP
contents
displays a table of contents for this internal
documentation. For quick reference, you can also give an SQL statement
or clause:
HELP SELECT;
This displays the syntax for the SELECT
statement along with a brief description of some of the clauses.
Similarly, entering HELP SHOW
gives you a list of
SQL statements beginning with SHOW
.
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