MySQL Commands

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MySQL Commands
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HandyMySQLCommands
Description
Tologin(fromunix
shell)usehonlyif
needed.
Createadatabaseon
thesqlserver.
Listalldatabaseson
thesqlserver.
Switchtoadatabase.
Toseeallthetablesin
thedb.
Toseedatabase'sfield
formats.
Todeleteadb.
Todeleteatable.
Showalldataina
table.
Returnsthecolumns
andcolumn
informationpertaining
tothedesignatedtable.
Command
[mysqldir]/bin/mysqlhhostnameurootp
createdatabase[databasename]
showdatabases
use[dbname]
showtables
describe[tablename]
dropdatabase[databasename]
droptable[tablename]
SELECT*FROM[tablename]
showcolumnsfrom[tablename]
Showcertainselected
rowswiththevalue
SELECT*FROM[tablename]WHERE[fieldname]="whatever"
"whatever".
Showallrecords
containingthename
SELECT*FROM[tablename]WHEREname="Bob"ANDphone_number=
"Bob"ANDthephone '3444444'
number'3444444'.
Showallrecordsnot
containingthename
"Bob"ANDthephone SELECT*FROM[tablename]WHEREname!="Bob"ANDphone_number=
number'3444444'
'3444444'orderbyphone_number
orderbythe
phone_numberfield.
Showallrecords
startingwiththeletters SELECT*FROM[tablename]WHEREnamelike"Bob%"ANDphone_number=
'bob'ANDthephone '3444444'
number'3444444'.
Usearegular
expressiontofind
records.Use
"REGEXPBINARY"
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toforcecase
SELECT*FROM[tablename]WHERErecRLIKE"^a$"
sensitivity.Thisfinds
anyrecordbeginning
witha.
Showuniquerecords. SELECTDISTINCT[columnname]FROM[tablename]
Showselectedrecords
sortedinanascending
SELECT[col1],[col2]FROM[tablename]ORDERBY[col2]DESC
(asc)ordescending
(desc).
Countrows.
SELECTCOUNT(*)FROM[tablename]
selectlookup.illustrationid,lookup.personid,person.birthdayfromlookup
Jointablesoncommon
leftjoinpersononlookup.personid=person.personid=statementtojoinbirthdayin
columns.
persontablewithprimaryillustrationid
Switchtothemysql
INSERTINTO[tablename](Host,User,Password)
db.Createanewuser. VALUES('%','user',PASSWORD('password'))
Changeausers
password.(fromunix [mysqldir]/bin/mysqladminuroothhostname.blah.orgppassword'newpassword'
shell).
Changeausers
password.(from
MySQLprompt).
SETPASSWORDFOR'user'@'hostname'=PASSWORD('passwordhere')
Switchtomysql
db.Giveuser
privilagesforadb.
INSERTINTO[tablename]
(Host,Db,User,Select_priv,Insert_priv,Update_priv,Delete_priv,Create_priv,Drop_priv)
VALUES('%','db','user','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','N')
Toupdateinfoalready UPDATE[tablename]SETSelect_priv='Y',Insert_priv='Y',Update_priv='Y'where
inatable.
[fieldname]='user'
Deletearow(s)froma
DELETEfrom[tablename]where[fieldname]='whatever'
table.
Updatedatabase
FLUSHPRIVILEGES
permissions/privilages.
Deleteacolumn.
Addanewcolumnto
db.
altertable[tablename]dropcolumn[columnname]
altertable[tablename]addcolumn[newcolumnname]varchar(20)
Changecolumnname. altertable[tablename]change[oldcolumnname][newcolumnname]varchar(50)
Makeauniquecolumn
altertable[tablename]addunique([columnname])
soyougetnodupes.
Makeacolumn
altertable[tablename]modify[columnname]VARCHAR(3)
bigger.
Deleteuniquefrom
table.
altertable[tablename]dropindex[colmnname]
LoadaCSVfileintoa LOADDATAINFILE'/tmp/filename.csv'replaceINTOTABLE[tablename]FIELDS
table.
TERMINATEDBY','LINESTERMINATEDBY'\n'(field1,field2,field3)
Dumpalldatabasesfor
backup.Backupfileis
[mysqldir]/bin/mysqldumpurootppasswordopt>/tmp/alldatabases.sql
sqlcommandsto
recreatealldb's.
Dumponedatabase
forbackup.
[mysqldir]/bin/mysqldumpuusernameppassworddatabasesdatabasename
>/tmp/databasename.sql
Dumpatablefroma
database.
[mysqldir]/bin/mysqldumpcuusernameppassworddatabasenametablename>
/tmp/databasename.tablename.sql
Restoredatabase(or
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backup.
MySQL Commands
[mysqldir]/bin/mysqluusernameppassworddatabasename</tmp/databasename.sql
CREATETABLE[tablename](firstnameVARCHAR(20),middleinitial
VARCHAR(3),lastnameVARCHAR(35),suffixVARCHAR(3),
CreateTableExample
officeidVARCHAR(10),useridVARCHAR(15),usernameVARCHAR(8),email
1.
VARCHAR(35),phoneVARCHAR(25),groups
VARCHAR(15),datestampDATE,timestamptime,pgpemailVARCHAR(255))
CreateTableExample createtable[tablename](personidint(50)notnullauto_incrementprimary
2.
key,firstnamevarchar(35),middlenamevarchar(50),lastnamevarchar(50)default'bato')
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