Creating First Table in MySQL

MySQL Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - Version 4.20, by Dr. Herong Yang

MySQL Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples

∟Creating First Table in MySQL

A tutorial example is provided on how to verify a new installation of MySQL 5.7.10 by creating a new test table and insert some data to the table.

In the previous section, we learned how to start and shutdown MySQL server. Now let's see how we can use MySQL client interface to create a table and run queries.

Make sure MySQL server is running. Start the MySQL client interface in a command window, and run the following MySQL client commands:

C:\herong>"\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\bin\mysql" 
   --user=root --password=TopSecret
mysql: [Warning] Using a password on the command line interface can be
insecure.

Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 13
Server version: 5.7.10-log MySQL Community Server (GPL)

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reserved.

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owners.

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input 
statement.

mysql> show databases;
+--------------------+
| Database           |
+--------------------+
| information_schema |
| mysql              |
| performance_schema |
| sakila             |
| sys                |
| world              |
+--------------------+
6 rows in set (0.07 sec)

mysql> create database test;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.01 sec)

mysql> use test;
Database changed

mysql> create table hello (message varchar(80));
Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.24 sec)

mysql> insert into hello (message) value ('Hello world!');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.31 sec)

mysql> select * from hello;
+--------------+
| message      |
+--------------+
| Hello world! |
+--------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> drop table hello;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.97 sec)

mysql> quit;
Bye

Last update: 2015.

Table of Contents

About This Book

Introduction of SQL

►MySQL Introduction and Installation

What Is MySQL?

Downloading and Installing MySQL

Issues during MySQL Installation

Starting and Stopping MySQL Server

►Creating First Table in MySQL

Un-Installing MySQL

Using MySQL Noinstall Package