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Getting Started with MariaDB
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Getting Started with MariaDB

by Daniel Bartholomew
June 2015
Beginner
140 pages
3h
English
Packt Publishing
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Chapter 5. Using MariaDB – Databases and Tables

From this chapter onwards, we will focus on using the command-line mysql client to perform common tasks. In this chapter, you'll learn about the following:

  • The mysql command-line client application
  • Connecting to MariaDB
  • Using USE to select a database
  • Using SHOW to list all databases on a server
  • Creating and deleting databases
  • Data, tables, and normalization
  • Creating, altering, and dropping tables

The mysql command-line client application

A big part of becoming a MariaDB expert is learning how to effectively and efficiently use the command-line mysql client program. Often we will interact with MariaDB using custom programs that have been developed for specific needs. At a lower level though, every interaction ...

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