Determine which functions the running version of MySQL supports with the SQL command SHOW VARIABLES.
mysql> mysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'have%'; +-------------------------+----------+ | Variable_name | Value | +-------------------------+----------+ | have_community_features | YES | | have_compress | YES | | have_crypt | NO | | have_csv | YES | | have_dynamic_loading | YES | | have_geometry | YES | | have_innodb | YES | | have_ndbcluster | NO | | have_openssl | DISABLED | | have_partitioning | YES | | have_query_cache | YES | | have_rtree_keys | YES | | have_ssl | DISABLED | | have_symlink | YES | +-------------------------+----------+ 14 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql>