In MySQL some configuration options use _ and some use -. Is there any way to easily identify when to use one versus the other?.
In MySQL some configuration options use _ and some use – . Is there
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In MySQL some configuration options use _ and some use -. Is there any way to easily identify when to use one versus the other?.
No.
It’s just one of those things that happen when a team of people design a product.
Different conventions get used leading to inconsistency.
See here: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/mysqld-option-tables.html
And scroll to the options starting with
ssl, you’ll see what I mean.