MySQL Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - Version 4.11, by Dr. Herong Yang

MySQL 4.0 Introduction and Installation

This chapter provides notes and tutorial examples on MySQL 4.0. Topics include main features of MySQL 4.0; downloading and installing MySQL 4.0; creating the first table into the database.

MySQL 4.0 Introduction

Installing MySQL 4.0.18

Creating First Table in MySQL

Conclusions:

  • MySQL is indeed easy to install and easy to use.
  • The MySQL server, mysqld, runs as a daemon and listens on IP port 3306 for client program connections.
  • MySQL offers an administrative client program, mysqladmin, to operate the MySQL server.
  • MySQL offers a simple client program, mysql, to run SQL statements against the MySQL server.

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 Introduction of SQL

MySQL 4.0 Introduction and Installation

 Installing MySQL 5.5.15

 Installing MySQL 5.0.2 (Alpha)

 Introduction of MySQL 5.0 Programs

 Perl Programs and MySQL Servers

 PHP Programs and MySQL Servers

 Java Programs and MySQL Servers

 Datatypes and Data Literals

 Operations and Expressions

 Character Strings and Bit Strings

 Commonly Used Functions

 Table Column Types for Different Types of Values

 Using DDL to Create Tables and Indexes

 Using DML to Insert, Update and Delete Records

 Using SELECT to Query Database

 Transaction Management and Isolation Levels

 Locks-Used-in-MySQL

 Defining and Calling Stored Procedures

 Variables, Loops and Cursors Used in Stored Procedures

 References

 Printable Copy - PDF Version

MySQL 4.0 Introduction and Installation - Updated in 2012, by Dr. Herong Yang