Getting started with the mysql client
Now that we've installed MariaDB, and we know how to start it, we are ready to open the client and start running our first SQL statements!
In this book, we will use the mysql command-line client to run SQL statements. Many open source graphical clients are available for free. They provide an easy way to perform most operations without the need for remembering the syntax of all the SQL statements. The actions performed on the graphic interface are internally converted to SQL statements. Most of these clients also provide the ability to manually type the statements for execution. However, by manually typing the SQL statements into mysql we will always exactly know what we are doing. Additionally, once we accumulate ...
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