MySQL CREATE USER with a variable?

You can use a dynamic query for this. First set the variable name for username and variable name for a password. The syntax is as follows −

SET @anyVariableName=’yourUserName’;
SET @anyVariableName1=’yourpassword’;

Now you can use the CONCAT() function from MySQL. The syntax is as follows −

SET @yourQueryName = CONCAT
('
   CREATE USER "',@anyVariableName,'"@"localhost" IDENTIFIED BY "',@anyVariableName1,'" '
);

Let us use the prepared statement PREPARE. The syntax is as follows −

PREPARE yourStatementVariableName FROM @yourQueryName;

Now you can execute the statement. The syntax is as follows −

EXECUTE yourStatementVariableName;

Deallocate the above using the DEALLOCATE PREPARE. The syntax is as follows −

DEALLOCATE PREPARE yourStatementVariableName;

To understand the above syntax, let us follows all the steps −

Step 1 − First create two variables, one for username and second for a password using SET command.

the query is as follows to create a username −

mysql> set @UserName:='John Doe';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

The query to create a password.

mysql> set @Password:='John Doe 123456';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

Step 2 − Now use the CONCAT() function to create a user. The query is as follows −

mysql> SET @CreationOfUser = CONCAT('
   '> CREATE USER "',@UserName,'"@"localhost" IDENTIFIED BY "',@Password,'" '
   -> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.02 sec)

In the above query, we have used @UserName variable name and @Password variable name to create a user with name and password.

Step 3 − Now you need to prepare the statement using the above user-defined variable @CreationOfUser. The query is as follows −

mysql> PREPARE st FROM @CreationOfUser;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
Statement prepared

Step 4 − Execute the above-prepared statement. The query is as follows −

mysql> EXECUTE st;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.37 sec)

Step 5 − Check the user “John Doe” has been created in the MySQL.user table −

mysql> select user,host from MySQL.user;

The following is the output −

+------------------+-----------+
| user             | host      |
+------------------+-----------+
| Manish           | %         |
| User2            | %         |
| mysql.infoschema | %         |
| mysql.session    | %         |
| mysql.sys        | %         |
| root             | %         |
| @UserName@       | localhost |
| Adam Smith       | localhost |
| John             | localhost |
| John Doe         | localhost |
| User1            | localhost |
| am               | localhost |
| hbstudent        | localhost |
+------------------+-----------+
13 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Yes, we have a username with John Doe.

Step 6 − Now, DEALLOCATE the prepared statement. The query is as follows −

mysql> DEALLOCATE PREPARE st;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)