MySQL in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

Chapter 3. MySQL Basics

Although the bulk of this new edition of MySQL in a Nutshell contains reference information, which you can read in small segments as needed, this chapter presents a basic MySQL tutorial. It explains how to log in to the MySQL server through the mysql client, create a database, create tables within a database, and enter and manipulate data in tables.

This tutorial does not cover MySQL in depth. Instead, it’s more of a sampler; it’s meant to show you what’s possible and to get you thinking about how to approach tasks in MySQL.