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MySQL Reference Manual
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MySQL Reference Manual

by Michael Widenius, David Axmark, Kaj Arno
June 2002
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
816 pages
20h 46m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Chapter 3. Tutorial Introduction

This chapter provides a tutorial introduction to MySQL by showing how to use the mysql client program to create and use a simple database. mysql (sometimes referred to as the “terminal monitor” or just “monitor”) is an interactive program that allows you to connect to a MySQL server, run queries, and view the results. mysql may also be used in batch mode: you place your queries in a file beforehand, then tell mysql to execute the contents of the file. Both ways of using mysql are covered here.

To see a list of options provided by mysql, invoke it with the --help option:

shell> mysql --help

This chapter assumes that mysql is installed on your machine and that a MySQL server is available to which you can connect. If this is not true, contact your MySQL administrator. (If you are the administrator, you will need to consult other sections of this manual.)

This chapter describes the entire process of setting up and using a database. If you are interested only in accessing an already-existing database, you may want to skip over the sections that describe how to create the database and the tables it contains.

Because this chapter is tutorial in nature, many details are necessarily left out. Consult the relevant sections of the manual for more information on the topics covered here.

Connecting to and Disconnecting from the Server

To connect to the server, you’ll usually need to provide a MySQL username when you invoke mysql and, most likely, a password. ...

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