A MySQL Tutorial

You have all the background you need now; it's time to put MySQL to work!

This section will help you familiarize yourself with MySQL by providing a tutorial for you to try out. As you work through the tutorial, you will create a sample database and the tables within it, then interact with the database by adding, retrieving, deleting, and modifying information. In addition, during the process of working with the sample database, you will learn the following things:

  • How to communicate with a MySQL server using the mysql client program.

  • The basics of the SQL language that MySQL understands. (If you already know SQL from having used some other RDBMS, it would be a good idea to skim through this tutorial to see whether or not MySQL's ...

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