The list below details the changes in specific options/variables within MySQL 5.0
allow-suspicious-udfs
Introduced in version 5.0.3
auto_increment_increment
Introduced in version 5.0.2
auto_increment_offset
Introduced in version 5.0.2
automatic_sp_privileges
Introduced in version 5.0.3
character-set-filesystem
Introduced in version 5.0.19
Com_call_procedure
Introduced in version 5.0.44
Com_create_user
Introduced in version 5.0.30
Com_stmt_close
Introduced in version 5.0.8
Com_stmt_execute
Introduced in version 5.0.8
Com_stmt_fetch
Introduced in version 5.0.8
Com_stmt_prepare
Introduced in version 5.0.8
Com_stmt_reset
Introduced in version 5.0.8
Com_stmt_send_long_data
Introduced in version 5.0.8
completion_type
Introduced in version 5.0.3
Value parameter changes in version 5.0.3:
Default is not specified, minimum is not specified, maximum is not specified
Compression
Introduced in version 5.0.16
Value parameter changes in version 5.0.16:
Default is not specified, minimum is not specified, maximum is not specified
concurrent_insert
Value parameter changes in version 5.0.5:
Default is TRUE
connect_timeout
Value parameter changes in version 5.0.51:
Default is 5, minimum is 2, maximum is not specified
Value parameter changes in version 5.0.52:
Default is 10, minimum is not specified, maximum is not specified
default-character-set
Deprecated in version 5.0.0
default-table-type
Deprecatedand replaced with default-storage-engine in version 5.0.0
defaults-group-suffix
Introduced in version 5.0.10
div_precision_increment
Introduced in version 5.0.6
engine-condition-pushdown
Introduced in version 5.0.3
Value parameter changes in version 5.0.3:
Default is OFF
Handler_prepare
Introduced in version 5.0.3
Value parameter changes in version 5.0.3:
Default is not specified, minimum is not specified, maximum is not specified
Handler_savepoint
Introduced in version 5.0.3
Handler_savepoint_rollback
Introduced in version 5.0.3
have_community_features
Introduced in version 5.0.82
have_federated_engine
Introduced in version 5.0.6
have_merge_engine
Introduced in version 5.0.24
have_profiling
Introduced in version 5.0.82
have_ssl
Introduced in version 5.0.38
hostname
Introduced in version 5.0.38
innodb_adaptive_hash_index
Introduced in version 5.0.52
Innodb_buffer_pool_pages_data
Introduced in version 5.0.2
Innodb_buffer_pool_pages_dirty
Introduced in version 5.0.2
Innodb_buffer_pool_pages_flushed
Introduced in version 5.0.2
Innodb_buffer_pool_pages_free
Introduced in version 5.0.2
Innodb_buffer_pool_pages_latched
Introduced in version 5.0.2
Innodb_buffer_pool_pages_misc
Introduced in version 5.0.2
Innodb_buffer_pool_pages_total
Introduced in version 5.0.2
Innodb_buffer_pool_read_ahead_rnd
Introduced in version 5.0.2
Innodb_buffer_pool_read_ahead_seq
Introduced in version 5.0.2
Innodb_buffer_pool_read_requests
Introduced in version 5.0.2
Innodb_buffer_pool_reads
Introduced in version 5.0.2
Innodb_buffer_pool_wait_free
Introduced in version 5.0.2
Innodb_buffer_pool_write_requests
Introduced in version 5.0.2
innodb_checksums
Introduced in version 5.0.3
innodb_commit_concurrency
Introduced in version 5.0.12
innodb_concurrency_tickets
Introduced in version 5.0.3
Innodb_data_fsyncs
Introduced in version 5.0.2
Innodb_data_pending_fsyncs
Introduced in version 5.0.2
Innodb_data_pending_reads
Introduced in version 5.0.2
Innodb_data_pending_writes
Introduced in version 5.0.2
Innodb_data_read
Introduced in version 5.0.2
Innodb_data_reads
Introduced in version 5.0.2
Innodb_data_writes
Introduced in version 5.0.2
Innodb_data_written
Introduced in version 5.0.2
Innodb_dblwr_pages_written
Introduced in version 5.0.2
Innodb_dblwr_writes
Introduced in version 5.0.2
innodb_doublewrite
Introduced in version 5.0.3
innodb_log_arch_dir
Deprecated in version 5.0.24
Innodb_log_waits
Introduced in version 5.0.2
Innodb_log_write_requests
Introduced in version 5.0.2
Innodb_log_writes
Introduced in version 5.0.2
Innodb_os_log_fsyncs
Introduced in version 5.0.2
Innodb_os_log_pending_fsyncs
Introduced in version 5.0.2
Innodb_os_log_pending_writes
Introduced in version 5.0.2
Innodb_os_log_written
Introduced in version 5.0.2
Innodb_page_size
Introduced in version 5.0.2
Innodb_pages_created
Introduced in version 5.0.2
Innodb_pages_read
Introduced in version 5.0.2
Innodb_pages_written
Introduced in version 5.0.2
innodb_rollback_on_timeout
Introduced in version 5.0.32
Innodb_row_lock_current_waits
Introduced in version 5.0.3
Innodb_row_lock_time
Introduced in version 5.0.3
Innodb_row_lock_time_avg
Introduced in version 5.0.3
Innodb_row_lock_time_max
Introduced in version 5.0.3
Innodb_row_lock_waits
Introduced in version 5.0.3
Innodb_rows_deleted
Introduced in version 5.0.2
Innodb_rows_inserted
Introduced in version 5.0.2
Innodb_rows_read
Introduced in version 5.0.2
Innodb_rows_updated
Introduced in version 5.0.2
innodb-safe-binlog
Removed in version 5.0.3
Deprecated in version 5.0.3
innodb_support_xa
Introduced in version 5.0.3
innodb_sync_spin_loops
Introduced in version 5.0.3
innodb_thread_concurrency
Value parameter changes in version 5.0.9:
Default is 20, minimum is 1, maximum is 1000
Value parameter changes in version 5.0.19:
Default is 8, minimum is not specified, maximum is 1000
innodb_thread_sleep_delay
Introduced in version 5.0.3
Value parameter changes in version 5.0.8:
Default is not specified, minimum is 1000, maximum is 4294967295
Value parameter changes in version 5.0.19:
Default is not specified, minimum is 1000, maximum is 4294967295
Value parameter changes in version 5.0.21:
Default is 8, minimum is not specified, maximum is not specified
innodb_use_legacy_cardinality_algorithm
Introduced in version 5.0.82
keep_files_on_create
Introduced in version 5.0.48
large_page_size
Introduced in version 5.0.3
large-pages
Introduced in version 5.0.3
Last_query_cost
Introduced in version 5.0.1
Value parameter changes in version 5.0.1:
Default is -1, minimum is not specified, maximum is not specified
Value parameter changes in version 5.0.7:
Default is not specified, minimum is not specified, maximum is not specified
lc_time_names
Introduced in version 5.0.25
log-bin-trust-function-creators
Introduced in version 5.0.16
log-bin-trust-routine-creators
Introduced in version 5.0.6
Deprecatedand replaced with log-bin-trust-function-creators in version 5.0.16
log-tc
Introduced in version 5.0.3
log-tc-size
Introduced in version 5.0.3
log-update
Deprecatedand replaced with log-bin in version 5.0.0
long_query_time
Value parameter changes in version 5.0.20:
Default is 10, minimum is 1, maximum is not specified
max_prepared_stmt_count
Introduced in version 5.0.21
max_sp_recursion_depth
Introduced in version 5.0.17
merge
Introduced in version 5.0.24
multi_range_count
Introduced in version 5.0.3
myisam_data_pointer_size
Value parameter changes in version 5.0.5:
Default is 4, minimum is 2, maximum is 8
Value parameter changes in version 5.0.6:
Default is 6, minimum is 2, maximum is 7
myisam_max_extra_sort_file_size
Deprecated in version 5.0.6
Value parameter changes in version 5.0.6:
Default is 2147483648, minimum is not specified, maximum is not specified
myisam_mmap_size
Introduced in version 5.0.90
myisam_stats_method
Introduced in version 5.0.14
Value parameter changes in version 5.0.14:
Default is not specified
ndb_autoincrement_prefetch_sz
Value parameter changes in version 5.0.55:
Default is 32, minimum is 1, maximum is 256
Value parameter changes in version 5.0.56:
Default is 1, minimum is 1, maximum is 256
Ndb_config_from_host
Introduced in version 5.0.23
Ndb_config_from_port
Introduced in version 5.0.23
ndb-nodeid
Introduced in version 5.0.45
Value parameter changes in version 5.0.45:
Default is not specified, minimum is 1, maximum is 63
old-style-user-limits
Introduced in version 5.0.3
optimizer_prune_level
Introduced in version 5.0.1
optimizer_search_depth
Introduced in version 5.0.1
plugin_dir
Introduced in version 5.0.67
port-open-timeout
Introduced in version 5.0.19
prepared_stmt_count
Introduced in version 5.0.21
Removed in version 5.0.31
Prepared_stmt_count
Introduced in version 5.0.32
profiling
Introduced in version 5.0.37
profiling_history_size
Introduced in version 5.0.37
Queries
Introduced in version 5.0.76
range_alloc_block_size
Value parameter changes in version 5.0.54:
Default is 4096, minimum is 4096, maximum is 4294967295
Value parameter changes in version 5.0.54:
Default is 4096, minimum is 4096, maximum is 18446744073709547520
replicate-same-server-id
Introduced in version 5.0.1
secure-file-priv
Introduced in version 5.0.38
set-variable
Deprecated in version 5.0.0
skip-character-set-client-handshake
Introduced in version 5.0.13
skip-merge
Introduced in version 5.0.24
Slave_retried_transactions
Introduced in version 5.0.4
slave_transaction_retries
Introduced in version 5.0.3
sql_log_update
Deprecatedand replaced with sql_log_bin in version 5.0.0
sql_notes
Introduced in version 5.0.3
ssl-ca
Introduced in version 5.0.23
ssl-capath
Introduced in version 5.0.23
ssl-cert
Introduced in version 5.0.23
ssl-cipher
Introduced in version 5.0.23
ssl-key
Introduced in version 5.0.23
sync_binlog
Introduced in version 5.0.1
sysdate-is-now
Introduced in version 5.0.20
table_lock_wait_timeout
Introduced in version 5.0.10
tc-heuristic-recover
Introduced in version 5.0.3
Tc_log_max_pages_used
Introduced in version 5.0.3
Tc_log_page_size
Introduced in version 5.0.3
Tc_log_page_waits
Introduced in version 5.0.3
timed_mutexes
Introduced in version 5.0.3
updatable_views_with_limit
Introduced in version 5.0.2
Uptime_since_flush_status
Introduced in version 5.0.35
use-symbolic-links
Deprecatedand replaced with symbolic-links in version 5.0.0
warnings
Deprecatedand replaced with log-warnings in version 5.0.0
