MySQL Cheat Sheet

Create / Delete Database Select

CREATE DATABASE mabase SELECT * FROM table
CREATE DATABASE mabase CHARACTER SET utf8 SELECT * FROM table1, table2, ...
DROP DATABASE mabase SELECT field1, field2, ... FROM table1, table2, ...
ALTER DATABASE mabase CHARACTER SET utf8 SELECT ... FROM ... WHERE condition
SELECT ... FROM ... WHERE condition GROUPBY field
SELECT ... FROM ... WHERE condition GROUPBY field HAVING condition2
SELECT ... FROM ... WHERE condition ORDER BY field1, field2
Browsing
SELECT ... FROM ... WHERE condition ORDER BY field1, field2 DESC
SHOW DATABASES
SELECT ... FROM ... WHERE condition LIMIT 10
SHOW TABLES
SELECT DISTINCT field1 FROM ...
SHOW FIELDS FROM table / DESCRIBE table
SELECT DISTINCT field1, field2 FROM ...
SHOW CREATE TABLE table
SHOW PROCESSLIST
KILL process_number

Conditions
field1 = value1
Select - Join field1 <> value1
SELECT ... FROM t1 JOIN t2 ON t1.id1 = t2.id2 WHERE condition field1 LIKE 'value _ %'
SELECT ... FROM t1 LEFT JOIN t2 ON t1.id1 = t2.id2 WHERE condition field1 IS NULL
SELECT ... FROM t1 JOIN (t2 JOIN t3 ON ...) ON ... field1 IS NOT NULL
field1 IS IN (value1, value2)
field1 IS NOT IN (value1, value2)
condition1 AND condition2
condition1 OR condition2
Insert
INSERT INTO table1 (field1, field2, ...) VALUES (value1, value2, ...)

Users and Privileges

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON base.* TO 'user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
Delete GRANT SELECT, INSERT, DELETE ON base.* TO 'user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
DELETE FROM table1 / TRUNCATE table1 REVOKE ALL PRIVILEGES ON base.* FROM 'user'@'host'; -- one permission only
REVOKE ALL PRIVILEGES, GRANT OPTION FROM 'user'@'host'; -- all permissions
DELETE FROM table1 WHERE condition
DELETE FROM table1, table2 FROM table1, table2 WHERE table1.id1 = SET PASSWORD = PASSWORD('new_pass')
table2.id2 AND condition SET PASSWORD FOR 'user'@'host' = PASSWORD('new_pass')
SET PASSWORD = OLD_PASSWORD('new_pass')

DROP USER 'user'@'host'

host ‘%’ indicates any host.

Update
UPDATE table1 SET field1=new_value1 WHERE condition
UPDATE table1, table2 SET field1=new_value1, field2=new_value2, ... WHERE
table1.id1 = table2.id2 AND condition
Main Data Types
TINYINT (1o: -217+128) SMALLINT (2o: +-65 000)
MEDIUMINT (3o: +-16 000 000) INT (4o: +- 2 000 000 000)
BIGINT (8o: +-9.10^18)
Keys Precise interval: -(2^(8*N-1)) -> (2^8*N)-1
CREATE TABLE table (..., PRIMARY KEY (field1, field2)) /!\ INT(2) = "2 digits displayed" -- NOT "number with 2 digits max"
CREATE TABLE table (..., FOREIGN KEY (field1, field2) REFERENCES table2
(t2_field1, t2_field2)) FLOAT(M,D) DOUBLE(M,D) FLOAT(D=0->53)
/!\ 8,3 -> 12345,678 -- NOT 12345678,123!

TIME (HH:MM) YEAR (AAAA) DATE (AAAA-MM-JJ) DATETIME (AAAA-MM-JJ HH:MM; années 1000->9999)
Create / Delete / Modify Table TIMESTAMP (like DATETIME, but 1970->2038, compatible with Unix)
CREATE TABLE table (field1 type1, field2 type2, ...)
CREATE TABLE table (field1 type1, field2 type2, ..., INDEX (field)) VARCHAR (single-line; explicit size) TEXT (multi-lines; max size=65535) BLOB (binary; max
CREATE TABLE table (field1 type1, field2 type2, ..., PRIMARY KEY (field1)) size=65535)
CREATE TABLE table (field1 type1, field2 type2, ..., PRIMARY KEY (field1, Variants for TEXT&BLOB: TINY (max=255) MEDIUM (max=~16000) LONG (max=4Go)
field2)) Ex: VARCHAR(32), TINYTEXT, LONGBLOB, MEDIUMTEXT

CREATE TABLE table1 (fk_field1 type1, field2 type2, ..., ENUM ('value1', 'value2', ...) -- (default NULL, or '' if NOT NULL)
FOREIGN KEY (fk_field1) REFERENCES table2 (t2_fieldA))
[ON UPDATE|ON DELETE] [CASCADE|SET NULL]

CREATE TABLE table1 (fk_field1 type1, fk_field2 type2, ...,

Backup Database to SQL File
FOREIGN KEY (fk_field1, fk_field2) REFERENCES table2 (t2_fieldA,
t2_fieldB)) mysqldump -u Username -p DatabaseName > databasename_backup.sql

Restore from backup SQL File

CREATE TABLE table IF NOT EXISTS (...)
mysql - u Username -p DatabaseName < databasename_backup.sql

CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE table (...) Reset Root Password

$ /etc/init.d/mysql stop
DROP TABLE table $ mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS table
DROP TABLE table1, table2, ... $ mysql # on another terminal
mysql> UPDATE mysql.user SET password=PASSWORD('new_pass') WHERE user='root';
ALTER TABLE table MODIFY field1 type1
ALTER TABLE table MODIFY field1 type1 NOT NULL ... ## Switch back to the mysqld_safe terminal and kill the process using Control + \
ALTER TABLE table CHANGE old_name_field1 new_name_field1 type1
ALTER TABLE table CHANGE old_name_field1 new_name_field1 type1 NOT NULL ... $ /etc/init.d/mysql start
ALTER TABLE table ALTER field1 SET DEFAULT ...
ALTER TABLE table ALTER field1 DROP DEFAULT Repair Tables After Unclean Shutdown
ALTER TABLE table ADD new_name_field1 type1 mysqlcheck --all-databases
ALTER TABLE table ADD new_name_field1 type1 FIRST mysqlcheck --all-databases --fast
ALTER TABLE table ADD new_name_field1 type1 AFTER another_field
ALTER TABLE table DROP field1
ALTER TABLE table ADD INDEX (field);

Change field order

ALTER TABLE table MODIFY field1 type1 FIRST Created by Jason Milkins | http://mentalaxis.com/ref/mysqlcheatsheet.pdf
ALTER TABLE table MODIFY field1 type1 AFTER another_field 2008 creative commons attribution licence
ALTER TABLE table CHANGE old_name_field1 new_name_field1 type1 FIRST
ALTER TABLE table CHANGE old_name_field1 new_name_field1 type1 AFTER
another_field