Bug #68851 HELP command documentation incomplete
Submitted: 3 Apr 2013 9:00 Modified: 4 Apr 2013 15:57
Reporter: Mike Lischke Email Updates:
Status: Closed Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: Documentation Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version:5.6 OS:Any
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any

[3 Apr 2013 9:00] Mike Lischke 
Description:
HELP differs in several cases from what is advertize at https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/help.html.

How to repeat:
Running "HELP 'se%'" returns a list of topics which all begin with "se". Obviously % is treated as a wildcard. This goes so far that "HELP %" returns all available help topics. This should be documented.

Suggested fix:
Extend documentation for these cases.
[3 Apr 2013 9:06] MySQL Verification Team 
Indeed,

mysql> help 'rep%';
Many help items for your request exist.
To make a more specific request, please type 'help <item>',
where <item> is one of the following
topics:
   REPAIR TABLE
   REPEAT FUNCTION
   REPEAT LOOP
   REPLACE
   REPLACE FUNCTION
[4 Apr 2013 15:57] Paul DuBois 
Thank you for your bug report. This issue has been addressed in the documentation. The updated documentation will appear on our website shortly, and will be included in the next release of the relevant products.