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L1 MySQL Create DB and Table

The document provides SQL commands for managing databases and tables, including creating, dropping, and using databases and tables. It also includes examples for creating specific tables, such as 'cats', 'dogs', and 'pastries', along with commands to show and describe tables. Additionally, it mentions SQL data types and comment syntax in SQL.

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L1 MySQL Create DB and Table

The document provides SQL commands for managing databases and tables, including creating, dropping, and using databases and tables. It also includes examples for creating specific tables, such as 'cats', 'dogs', and 'pastries', along with commands to show and describe tables. Additionally, it mentions SQL data types and comment syntax in SQL.

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To list available databases:

show databases;
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The general command for creating a database:


CREATE DATABASE <database_name>;

A specific example:

CREATE DATABASE soap_store;

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To drop a database:

DROP DATABASE <database-name>;

Example:

DROP DATABASE soap_store;

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To use a database:

USE <database-name>;

Example:

USE DATABASE soap_store;

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To show the current database we are working on:

SELECT database();

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Databases have lots of tables.

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Some SQL Datatypes

Docs - https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.4/en/data-types.html
Creating Tables:

​ CREATE TABLE cats (


​ name VARCHAR(50),
​ age INT
​ );
​
​ CREATE TABLE dogs (
​ name VARCHAR(50),
​ breed VARCHAR(50),
​ age INT
​ );

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Showing Tables

SHOW tables;

SHOW COLUMNS FROM cats;

DESCRIBE cats;
DESC cats;

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To drop a table:

DROP TABLE <table-name>;

To specifically drop the cats table:

DROP TABLE cats;

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Activity

Create a pastries table. It should include two columns: name and


quantity. Name is 50 characters max. Then delete the table.

Solution
Create the table:

​ CREATE TABLE pastries


​ (
​ name VARCHAR(50),
​ quantity INT
​ );
View tables:

SHOW TABLES;

View details of pastries table:

DESC pastries;

Delete the whole pastries table:

DROP TABLE pastries;

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-- or # can be used for single line comments.

Multi-line comments are enclosed in /* and */.

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