创建事件时ON COMPLETION PRESERVE子句有什么用？
我们知道事件过期后会自动删除该事件，因此我们无法从SHOWEVENTS语句中看到该事件。要更改此类行为，我们可以在创建事件时使用ONCOMPLETIONPRESERVE。从以下示例可以理解-
示例
mysql> Create table event_messages(ID INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT, MESSAGE VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, Generated_at DATETIME NOT NULL);
以下查询将在不使用ONCOMPLETIONPRESERVE的情况下创建一个事件，因此在db_name查询的SHOWEVENTS的输出中将看不到该事件。
mysql> CREATE EVENT testing_event_without_Preserves ON SCHEDULE AT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP DO INSERT INTO event_messages(message,generated_at) Values('Without Preserve',NOW());
mysql> Select * from event_messages;
+----+------------------+---------------------+
| ID | MESSAGE | Generated_at |
+----+------------------+---------------------+
| 1 | Without Preserve | 2017-11-22 20:32:13 |
+----+------------------+---------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> SHOW EVENTS FROM query\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
Db: query
Name: testing_event5
Definer: root@localhost
Time zone: SYSTEM
Type: ONE TIME
Execute at: 2017-11-22 17:09:11
Interval value: NULL
Interval field: NULL
Starts: NULL
Ends: NULL
Status: DISABLED
Originator: 0
character_set_client: cp850
collation_connection: cp850_general_ci
Database Collation: latin1_swedish_ci
1 row in set (0.00 sec)下面的查询将使用ONCOMPLETIONPRESERVE创建一个事件，因此将在db_name查询的SHOWEVENTS的输出中看到该事件。
mysql> CREATE EVENT testing_event_with_Preserves ON SCHEDULE AT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ON COMPLETION PRESERVE DO INSERT INTO event_messages(message,generated_at) Values('With Preserve',NOW());
mysql> Select * from event_messages;
+----+------------------+---------------------+
| ID | MESSAGE | Generated_at |
+----+------------------+---------------------+
| 1 | Without Preserve | 2017-11-22 20:32:13 |
| 2 | With Preserve | 2017-11-22 20:35:12 |
+----+------------------+---------------------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> SHOW EVENTS FROM query\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
Db: query
Name: testing_event5
Definer: root@localhost
Time zone: SYSTEM
Type: ONE TIME
Execute at: 2017-11-22 17:09:11
Interval value: NULL
Interval field: NULL
Starts: NULL
Ends: NULL
Status: DISABLED
Originator: 0
character_set_client: cp850
collation_connection: cp850_general_ci
Database Collation: latin1_swedish_ci
*************************** 2. row ***************************
Db: query
Name: testing_event_with_Preserves
Definer: root@localhost
Time zone: SYSTEM
Type: ONE TIME
Execute at: 2017-11-22 20:35:12
Interval value: NULL
Interval field: NULL
Starts: NULL
Ends: NULL
Status: DISABLED
Originator: 0
character_set_client: cp850
collation_connection: cp850_general_ci
Database Collation: latin1_swedish_ci
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)