functions-and-operators: remove MySQL Reference Manual links (#21821)

Author: dveeden

functions-and-operators/bit-functions-and-operators.md

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ TiDB supports all of the [bit functions and operators](https://dev.mysql.com/doc
 | [`<<`](#-left-shift) | Left shift |
 | [`>>`](#-right-shift) | Right shift |
 
-## [`BIT_COUNT()`](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/bit-functions.html#function_bit-count)
+## `BIT_COUNT()`
 
 The `BIT_COUNT(expr)` function returns the number of bits that are set as 1 in `expr`.
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ SELECT BIT_COUNT(INET_ATON('255.255.255.0'));
 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
 ```
 
-## [`&` (bitwise AND)](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/bit-functions.html#operator_bitwise-and)
+## `&` (bitwise AND)
 
 The `&` operator performs a bitwise AND operation. It compares the corresponding bits of two numbers: if both corresponding bits are 1, the corresponding bit of the result is 1; otherwise, it is 0.
 
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ SELECT INET_NTOA(INET_ATON('192.168.1.2') & INET_ATON('255.255.255.0'));
 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
 ```
 
-## [`~` (bitwise inversion)](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/bit-functions.html#operator_bitwise-invert)
+## `~` (bitwise inversion)
 
 The `~` operator performs a bitwise inversion (or bitwise NOT) operation on a given value. It inverts each bit of the given value: bits that are 0 become 1, and bits that are 1 become 0.
 
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ SELECT CONV(~ b'1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111110000111100001111
 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
 ```
 
-## [`|` (bitwise OR)](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/bit-functions.html#operator_bitwise-or)
+## `|` (bitwise OR)
 
 The `|` operator performs a bitwise OR operation. It compares the corresponding bits of two numbers: if at least one of the corresponding bits is 1, the corresponding bit in the result is 1.
 
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ SELECT CONV(b'1010' | b'1100',10,2);
 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
 ```
 
-## [`^` (bitwise XOR)](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/bit-functions.html#operator_bitwise-xor)
+## `^` (bitwise XOR)
 
 The `^` operator performs a bitwise XOR (exclusive OR) operation. It compares the corresponding bits of two numbers: if the corresponding bits are different, the corresponding bit in the result is 1.
 
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ SELECT CONV(b'1010' ^ b'1100',10,2);
 
 Note that the result is shown as `110` instead of `0110` because the leading zero is removed.
 
-## [`<<` (left shift)](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/bit-functions.html#operator_left-shift)
+## `<<` (left shift)
 
 The `<<` operator performs a left shift operation, which shifts the bits of a number to the left by a specified number of positions, filling the vacated bits with zeros on the right.
 
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ SELECT n,1<<n,LPAD(CONV(1<<n,10,2),11,0) FROM cte;
 11 rows in set (0.00 sec)
 ```
 
-## [`>>` (right shift)](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/bit-functions.html#operator_right-shift)
+## `>>` (right shift)
 
 The `>>` operator performs a right shift operation, which shifts the bits of a number to the right by a specified number of positions, filling the vacated bits with zeros on the left.
 

functions-and-operators/encryption-and-compression-functions.md

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ TiDB supports most of the [encryption and compression functions](https://dev.mys
 | [`UNCOMPRESSED_LENGTH()`](#uncompressed_length)               | Return the length of a string before compression  |
 | [`VALIDATE_PASSWORD_STRENGTH()`](#validate_password_strength) | Validate the password strength                    |
 
-### [`AES_DECRYPT()`](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/encryption-functions.html#function_aes-decrypt)
+### `AES_DECRYPT()`
 
 The `AES_DECRYPT(data, key [,iv])` function decrypts `data` that was previously encrypted using the [`AES_ENCRYPT()`](#aes_encrypt) function with the same `key`.
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ SELECT AES_DECRYPT(0x28409970815CD536428876175F1A4923, 'secret');
 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
 ```
 
-### [`AES_ENCRYPT()`](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/encryption-functions.html#function_aes-encrypt)
+### `AES_ENCRYPT()`
 
 The `AES_ENCRYPT(data, key [,iv])` function encrypts `data` with `key` using the [Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Encryption_Standard) algorithm.
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ SELECT AES_ENCRYPT(0x616263,'secret');
 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
 ```
 
-### [`COMPRESS()`](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/encryption-functions.html#function_compress)
+### `COMPRESS()`
 
 The `COMPRESS(expr)` function returns a compressed version of the input data `expr`.
 
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ SELECT LENGTH(a),LENGTH(COMPRESS(a)) FROM x;
 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
 ```
 
-### [`MD5()`](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/encryption-functions.html#function_md5)
+### `MD5()`
 
 The `MD5(expr)` function calculates a 128-bit [MD5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MD5) hash for the given argument `expr`.
 
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ SELECT MD5('abc');
 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
 ```
 
-### [`PASSWORD()`](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/encryption-functions.html#function_password)
+### `PASSWORD()`
 
 > **Warning:**
 >
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ SELECT PASSWORD('secret');
 Warning (Code 1681): PASSWORD is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
 ```
 
-### [`RANDOM_BYTES()`](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/encryption-functions.html#function_random-bytes)
+### `RANDOM_BYTES()`
 
 The `RANDOM_BYTES(n)` function returns `n` random bytes.
 
@@ -179,11 +179,11 @@ SELECT RANDOM_BYTES(3);
 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
 ```
 
-### [`SHA()`](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/encryption-functions.html#function_sha1)
+### `SHA()`
 
 The `SHA()` function is an alias for [`SHA1`](#sha1).
 
-### [`SHA1()`](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/encryption-functions.html#function_sha1)
+### `SHA1()`
 
 The `SHA1(expr)` function calculates a 160-bit [SHA-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHA-1) hash for the given argument `expr`.
 
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ SELECT SHA1('abc');
 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
 ```
 
-### [`SHA2()`](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/encryption-functions.html#function_sha2)
+### `SHA2()`
 
 The `SHA2(str, n)` function calculates a hash using an algorithm from the [SHA-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHA-2) family. The `n` argument is used to select the algorithm. `SHA2()` returns `NULL` if any of the arguments are `NULL` or if the algorithm selected by `n` is unknown or unsupported.
 
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ SELECT SM3('abc');
 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
 ```
 
-### [`UNCOMPRESS()`](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/encryption-functions.html#function_uncompress)
+### `UNCOMPRESS()`
 
 The `UNCOMPRESS(data)` function decompresses the data that was compressed with the [`COMPRESS()`](#compress) function.
 
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ SELECT UNCOMPRESS(0x03000000789C72747206040000FFFF018D00C7);
 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
 ```
 
-### [`UNCOMPRESSED_LENGTH()`](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/encryption-functions.html#function_uncompressed-length)
+### `UNCOMPRESSED_LENGTH()`
 
 The `UNCOMPRESSED_LENGTH(data)` function returns the first 4 bytes of the compressed data, which store the length that the compressed string had before being compressed with the [`COMPRESS()`](#compress) function.
 
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ SELECT UNCOMPRESSED_LENGTH(0x03000000789C72747206040000FFFF018D00C7);
 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
 ```
 
-### [`VALIDATE_PASSWORD_STRENGTH()`](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/encryption-functions.html#function_validate-password-strength)
+### `VALIDATE_PASSWORD_STRENGTH()`
 
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functions-and-operators/json-functions/json-functions-aggregate.md

@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ summary: Learn about JSON functions that aggregate JSON values.
 
 The functions listed on this page are part of the [aggregate functions](/functions-and-operators/aggregate-group-by-functions.md) that TiDB supports, but are specific to working with JSON.
 
-## [JSON_ARRAYAGG()](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/aggregate-functions.html#function_json-arrayagg)
+TiDB supports the [two aggregate JSON functions](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/aggregate-functions.html) available in MySQL 8.0.
+
+## `JSON_ARRAYAGG()`
 
 The `JSON_ARRAYAGG(key)` function aggregates values of keys into a JSON array according to the given `key`. `key` is typically an expression or a column name.
 
@@ -28,7 +30,7 @@ SELECT JSON_ARRAYAGG(v) FROM (SELECT 1 'v' UNION SELECT 2);
 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
 ```
 
-## [JSON_OBJECTAGG()](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/aggregate-functions.html#function_json-objectagg)
+## `JSON_OBJECTAGG()`
 
 The `JSON_OBJECTAGG(key,value)` function aggregates keys and values of keys into a JSON object according to the given `key` and `value`. Both `key` or `value` are typically an expression or a column name.
 

functions-and-operators/json-functions/json-functions-create.md

@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ summary: Learn about JSON functions that create JSON values.
 
 # JSON Functions That Create JSON Values
 
-This document describes JSON functions that create JSON values.
+TiDB supports all the [JSON functions that create JSON values](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/json-creation-functions.html) available in MySQL 8.0.
 
-## [JSON_ARRAY()](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/json-creation-functions.html#function_json-array)
+## `JSON_ARRAY()`
 
 The `JSON_ARRAY([val[, val] ...])` function evaluates a (possibly empty) list of values and returns a JSON array containing those values.
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ SELECT JSON_ARRAY(1,2,3,4,5), JSON_ARRAY("foo", "bar");
 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
 ```
 
-## [JSON_OBJECT()](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/json-creation-functions.html#function_json-object)
+## `JSON_OBJECT()`
 
 The `JSON_OBJECT([key, val[, key, val] ...])` function evaluates a (possibly empty) list of key-value pairs and returns a JSON object containing those pairs.
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ SELECT JSON_OBJECT("database", "TiDB", "distributed", TRUE);
 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
 ```
 
-## [JSON_QUOTE()](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/json-creation-functions.html#function_json-quote)
+## `JSON_QUOTE()`
 
 The `JSON_QUOTE(str)` function returns a string as a JSON value with quotes.
 

functions-and-operators/json-functions/json-functions-modify.md

@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ summary: Learn about JSON functions that modify JSON values.
 
 # JSON Functions That Modify JSON Values
 
-This document describes JSON functions that modify JSON values.
+TiDB supports all the [JSON functions that modify JSON values](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/json-modification-functions.html) available in MySQL 8.0.
 
-## [JSON_APPEND()](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/json-modification-functions.html#function_json-append)
+## `JSON_APPEND()`
 
 An alias to [`JSON_ARRAY_APPEND()`](#json_array_append).
 
-## [JSON_ARRAY_APPEND()](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/json-modification-functions.html#function_json-array-append)
+## `JSON_ARRAY_APPEND()`
 
 The `JSON_ARRAY_APPEND(json_array, path, value [,path, value] ...)` function appends values to the end of the indicated arrays within a JSON document at the specified `path` and returns the result.
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ SELECT JSON_ARRAY_APPEND('{"transport_options": ["Car", "Boat", "Train"]}', '$.t
 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
 ```
 
-## [JSON_ARRAY_INSERT()](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/json-modification-functions.html#function_json-array-insert)
+## `JSON_ARRAY_INSERT()`
 
 The `JSON_ARRAY_INSERT(json_array, path, value [,path, value] ...)` function inserts a `value` into the specified position of the `json_array` in the `path` and returns the result.
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ SELECT JSON_ARRAY_INSERT('["Car", "Boat", "Train"]', '$[1]', "Airplane") AS "Tra
 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
 ```
 
-## [JSON_INSERT()](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/json-modification-functions.html#function_json-insert)
+## `JSON_INSERT()`
 
 The `JSON_INSERT(json_doc, path, value [,path, value] ...)` function inserts one or more values into a JSON document and returns the result.
 
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ SELECT JSON_INSERT('{"a": 61, "b": 62}', '$.a', 41, '$.c', 63);
 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
 ```
 
-## [JSON_MERGE_PATCH()](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/json-modification-functions.html#function_json-merge-patch)
+## `JSON_MERGE_PATCH()`
 
 The `JSON_MERGE_PATCH(json_doc, json_doc [,json_doc] ...)` function merges two or more JSON documents into a single JSON document, without preserving values of duplicate keys. For `json_doc` arguments with duplicated keys, only the values from the later specified `json_doc` argument are preserved in the merged result.
 
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ SELECT JSON_MERGE_PATCH(
 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
 ```
 
-## [JSON_MERGE_PRESERVE()](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/json-modification-functions.html#function_json-merge-preserve)
+## `JSON_MERGE_PRESERVE()`
 
 The `JSON_MERGE_PRESERVE(json_doc, json_doc [,json_doc] ...)` function merges two or more JSON documents while preserving all values associated with each key and returns the merged result.
 
@@ -171,15 +171,15 @@ SELECT JSON_MERGE_PRESERVE('{"a": 1, "b": 2}','{"a": 100}', '{"c": 300}');
 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
 ```
 
-## [JSON_MERGE()](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/json-modification-functions.html#function_json-merge)
+## `JSON_MERGE()`
 
 > **Warning:**
 >
 > This function is deprecated.
 
 A deprecated alias for [`JSON_MERGE_PRESERVE()`](#json_merge_preserve).
 
-## [JSON_REMOVE()](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/json-modification-functions.html#function_json-remove)
+## `JSON_REMOVE()`
 
 The `JSON_REMOVE(json_doc, path [,path] ...)` function removes data of the specified `path` from a JSON document and returns the result.
 
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ SELECT JSON_REMOVE('{"a": 61, "b": 62, "c": 63}','$.b','$.c');
 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
 ```
 
-## [JSON_REPLACE()](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/json-modification-functions.html#function_json-replace)
+## `JSON_REPLACE()`
 
 The `JSON_REPLACE(json_doc, path, value [, path, value] ...)` function replaces values in specified paths of a JSON document and returns the result. If a specified path does not exist, the value corresponding to the path is not added to the result.
 
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ SELECT JSON_REPLACE('{"a": 41, "b": 62}','$.b',42,'$.c',43);
 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
 ```
 
-## [JSON_SET()](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/json-modification-functions.html#function_json-set)
+## `JSON_SET()`
 
 The `JSON_SET(json_doc, path, value [,path, value] ...)` function inserts or updates data in a JSON document and returns the result.
 
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ SELECT JSON_SET('{"version": 1.1, "name": "example"}','$.version',1.2,'$.branch'
 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
 ```
 
-## [JSON_UNQUOTE()](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/json-modification-functions.html#function_json-unquote)
+## `JSON_UNQUOTE()`
 
 The `JSON_UNQUOTE(json)` function unquotes a JSON value and returns the result as a string. This is the opposite of the [`JSON_QUOTE()`](/functions-and-operators/json-functions/json-functions-create.md#json_quote) function.
 

functions-and-operators/json-functions/json-functions-return.md

@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ summary: Learn about JSON functions that return JSON values.
 
 # JSON Functions That Return JSON Values
 
-This document describes JSON functions that return JSON values.
+TiDB supports all the [JSON functions that return JSON value attributes](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/json-attribute-functions.html) available in MySQL 8.0.
 
-## [JSON_DEPTH()](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/json-attribute-functions.html#function_json-depth)
+## `JSON_DEPTH()`
 
 The `JSON_DEPTH(json_doc)` function returns the maximum depth of a JSON document.
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ SELECT JSON_DEPTH('{"weather": {"current": "sunny"}}');
 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
 ```
 
-## [JSON_LENGTH()](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/json-attribute-functions.html#function_json-length)
+## `JSON_LENGTH()`
 
 The `JSON_LENGTH(json_doc [,path])` function returns the length of a JSON document. If a `path` argument is given, it returns the length of the value within the path.
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ SELECT JSON_LENGTH('{"weather": {"current": "sunny", "tomorrow": "cloudy"}}','$.
 1 row in set (0.01 sec)
 ```
 
-## [JSON_TYPE()](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/json-attribute-functions.html#function_json-type)
+## `JSON_TYPE()`
 
 The `JSON_TYPE(json_val)` function returns a string indicating [the type of a JSON value](/data-type-json.md#json-value-types).
 
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ SELECT JSON_TYPE('"2025-06-14"'),JSON_TYPE(CAST(CAST('2025-06-14' AS date) AS js
 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
 ```
 
-## [JSON_VALID()](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/json-attribute-functions.html#function_json-valid)
+## `JSON_VALID()`
 
 The `JSON_VALID(str)` function checks if the argument is valid JSON. This can be useful for checking a column before converting it to the `JSON` type.