Chapter 15. Learning Basic SQL Commands

Having just learned the basics of the database design process, this chapter provides a primer on the core SQL syntax, which you will use to create and manipulate your MySQL database tables. This is a very hands-on chapter, and it assumes that you are able to issue queries through the MySQL monitor on Windows or Linux/Unix. Alternatively, if you use a GUI to MySQL, this chapter assumes you know the methods for issuing queries through those interfaces.

In this chapter, you will learn

  • The basic MySQL datatypes

  • How to use the CREATE TABLE command to create a table

  • How to use the INSERT command to enter records

  • How to use the SELECT command to retrieve records

  • How to use basic functions, the WHERE clause, and the ...

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