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Session 10

Agenda:
Introduction to languages in SQL
Creating tables and Data types
INTRODUCTION TO MYSQL
• Fast & Easy-to-use RDBMS for many small and big businesses.
• It is developed by MySQL AB, Swedish company.
• MySQL is becoming so popular because of many good reasons:
• MySQL is a open source.
• MySQL is a very powerful
• MySQL uses SQL.
• MySQL works on many operating systems and with many languages including PHP,
PERL, C, C++, JAVA, etc.
• MySQL works very quickly and works well even with large data sets.
• MySQL is very friendly to PHP.
• MySQL supports large databases, up to 50 million rows or more in a table. The default
file size limit for a table is 4GB, you can increase to a theoretical limit of 8 million
terabytes (TB).
• MySQL is customizable. Programmers to modify the MySQL software to fit their own
specific environments.
INSTALATION OF SQL IN LAPTOPS
CONNET MYSQL SERVER IN LAB
• mysql –h 10.45.9.2 –u username –p
• password:
• use db___________;
Administrative MySQL Commands

• USE Databasename : This will be used to select a particular database in MySQL work area.

• SHOW DATABASES: Lists the databases that are accessible by the MySQL DBMS.

• SHOW TABLES: Shows the tables in the database once a database has been selected with the
use command.

• SHOW COLUMNS FROM tablename: Shows the attributes, types of attributes, key
information, whether NULL is permitted, defaults, and other information for a table.

• SHOW INDEX FROM tablename: Presents the details of all indexes on the table, including the
PRIMARY KEY.
SQL statements
• DDL – Data Definition Language
CREATE
ALTER
DROP
TRUNCATE
• DML - Data Manipulation Language
SELECT
INSERT
UPDATE
DELETE
• DCL - Data Control Language
GRANT
REVOKE
DATA DEFINITION LANGAUAGE
Data types

• Numeric
• Date and time
• String types.
DDL Statements for Tables : Create Table
• CREATE [TEMPORARY] TABLE [IF NOT EXISTS] tbl_name
(create_definition,...) [table_options] [partition_options]
DDL Statements for Tables : Create Table
• Create a table DEPT with the following fields
mysql> CREATE TABLE DEPT(
DEPTNO INT, Not Null Constraint
DNAME VARCHAR(10) ,
LOC VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL, Primary Key
Constraint
PRIMARY KEY(DEPTNO),
Unique Key
UNIQUE(DNAME)); Constraint
DDL Statements for Tables : Create Table
• Create a table EMP with the following fields
mysql> CREATE TABLE EMP(
EMPNO INT,
ENAME VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL,
JOB VARCHAR(10),
MGR INT ,
HIREDATE DATE,
SAL FLOAT(7,2) DEFAULT 100.00, Default
COMM FLOAT(7,2), Constraint
DEPTNO INT NOT NULL ,
PRIMARY KEY(EMPNO),
Foreign key
CONSTRAINT emp_mgr FOREIGN KEY(MGR) REFERENCES EMP(EMPNO), Constraint
CONSTRAINT emp_dept FOREIGN KEY(DEPTNO) REFERENCES DEPT(DEPTNO)
);
DESCRIBE
SQL command DESCRIBE can be used to list details of the columns created in a table.
mysql> DESC EMP;
To see table constraint names
• Mysql> use information_schema;
mysql> select constraint_name,table_name from table_constraints
where table_name='emp';

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