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Sams Teach Yourself MySQL in 21 Days, Second Edition
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Sams Teach Yourself MySQL in 21 Days, Second Edition

by Tony Butcher
December 2002
Beginner content levelBeginner
640 pages
16h 41m
English
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Using the mysql Client Program

Before studying the ways of handling databases and tables, it's worthwhile to learn how to use the mysql client program. You will see some examples of it being used, but if you don't fully understand the SQL used in the examples, don't worry; we will go through the queries themselves later today.

mysql allows you to run SQL queries on a MySQL database. It can be invoked as an interactive monitor or console with a command-line interface, or in batch mode, allowing you to pass it an entire file of SQL.

You can use the following general formats to invoke it, in console mode:

mysql [options] [database_name]

or in batch mode:

mysql [options] [database_name] < filename
					

You can usually put the options and database_name ...

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