MYSQL Administration

1 Connection

$ mysql -h localhost -u user_name -ppassword<Enter>
$ mysql -h localhost -u user_name -p<Enter>
$ ******
$ mysql -h193.0.0.13 -u user_name -p db_name<Enter>
$ ******<Enter>

How to avoid this typing?

$ vi $HOME/.my.cnf ( create this file in your ! home directory )

[client]
host=localhost
user=your_login
password=your_password

$ chmod 400 $HOME/.my.cnf
$ mysql test
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 112 to server ....

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.

mysql> _

2 Some Help and Show Commands

$ mysql --help | less
$ mysqld --help
$ mysqlshow --help | less
$ mysqldump --help | less
$ mysqlshow	- show all databases.
$ mysqlshow db_name - all tables in particular database.
$ mysqlshow db_name BA* - all tables which start from BA letters.

mysql> \?
mysql> use db_name;
mysql> show databases;
mysql> show databases like 'ba%'
mysql> show tables;
mysql> describe table_name;
mysql> select user(), now(), version(), database();
+---------------+---------------------+----------------+------------+
| user()        | now()               | version()      | database() |
+---------------+---------------------+----------------+------------+
| ana@localhost | 2003-01-05 21:24:27 | 4.0.1-alpha-nt | test       |
+---------------+---------------------+----------------+------------+

mysql> show tables from db_name
mysql> show tables from db_name like '__ab%'
mysql> show columns from table_name
mysql> show columns from table_name from db_name
mysql> show grants for user_name
mysql> show index from table_name
mysql> show index from table_name from db_name
mysql> show processlist
mysql> show status
mysql> show table status from db_name
mysql> show variables

3 change mysql root password

mysqladmin -u root password "WATERLoo"

4 Creating Table

mysql> drop table if exists my_table;
mysql> create table my_table (ID int not null primary key, l_name
    -> varchar(20) not null, f_name varchar(20));
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.08 sec)

mysql> describe my_table;
+--------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Field  | Type        | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+--------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| ID     | int(11)     |      | PRI | 0       |       |
| l_name | varchar(20) |      |     |         |       |
| f_name | varchar(20) | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
+--------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
3 rows in set (0.04 sec)

mysql> insert into my_table values (1,"Frost",'Robert');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.03 sec)

mysql> insert into my_table (ID,l_name) values (2,'Smith');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> select * from my_table;
+----+--------+--------+
| ID | l_name | f_name |
+----+--------+--------+
|  1 | Frost  | Robert |
|  2 | Smith  | NULL   |
+----+--------+--------+
2 rows in set (0.01 sec)

mysql> update my_table set f_name='Linda' where l_name='Smith'
    -> and ID=2;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.01 sec)
Rows matched: 1  Changed: 1  Warnings: 0

mysql> select * from my_table;
+----+--------+--------+
| ID | l_name | f_name |
+----+--------+--------+
|  1 | Frost  | Robert |
|  2 | Smith  | Linda  |
+----+--------+--------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> delete from my_table where ID=1;
mysql> select * from my_table;
+----+--------+--------+
| ID | l_name | f_name |
+----+--------+--------+
|  2 | Smith  | Linda  |
+----+--------+--------+
1 row in set (0.01 sec)

mysql> create table table_name select * from bank.BANK_WORKER;
(copy table bank.BANK_WORKER into table_name)

5 Creating Table using Script

$ vi create_table.sql ( open new file )
---------------------
drop table if exists my_table;
create table my_table (ID int not null primary key, l_name
	varchar(20) not null, f_name varchar(20));
insert into my_table values (1,"Frost",'Robert');
insert into my_table (ID,l_name) values (2,'Smith');
select * from my_table;
:wq ( save file )
-----------------
$ mysql db_name < create_table.sql
$ mysql db_name -t < create_table.sql > output.sql
mysql> \. create_table.sql

6 Some Useful Commands

$ mysqldump db_name my_table
$ mysqldump db_name my_table > output.sql
$ mysqldump --no-data db_name my_table > dump_table_name.sql
$ mysqldump --add-drop-table db_name my_table > dump_table_name.sql
$ mysqladmin create db_name
$ mysqladmin drop db_name
$ mysqladmin flush-privileges
$ mysqladmin ping
$ mysqladmin reload
$ mysqladmin kill ps_id,ps_id...
$ mysqladmin --user=root shutdown
$ mysqladmin variables
$ mysqlimport db_name file_name ...
$ safe_mysqld
$ myisamchk table_name.MYI

mysql> GRANT ALL ON db_name TO user_name@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'password'
mysql> GRANT ALL ON db_name TO user_name@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'password'
mysql> DELETE FROM mysql.user WHERE Host='localhost' AND User='';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;