IntroductiontoMySQLLanguage

WhatisMySQL?
MySQLisafastandeasytouseRDBMSwhichcanbeusedinsmalltolargescaleorganizations.
Itisrobustandflexible,therebymakingitsusageeasier.

SomeoftheadvantagesofusingMySQLis:

MySQLisopensourceandisfreetouse

Itprovidesdifferentinbuiltfunctionsandpackages.Providesflexibilitytodatabasequeries.

MySQLworksonmultipleOperatingSystemsandcanbeusedwithmanylanguagessuchas
Java,C,C++,PHP,PERL

MySQLusesstandardformofpopularlyknownSQLlanguage

Caneasilysupportlargedatasetswithoutbringingdowntheperformance

MySQLiscustomizable.ByusingopensourceGPLlicense,onecanmodifytheMySQL
softwaretofittheirenvironmentrequirements

Isextremelylightweightsoftwareandcomeswitheasytoinstallfeature

MySQLiscloselyintegratedwithPHP,thusmakingitidealforWebApplicationdevelopment

MySQLInstallation:
ToinstallMYSQL,downloadMySQLfromdev.mysql.com/downloads/.Oncedownloaded,extractthe
zip.Thiscanbeinanylocationwithinyourmachine.Incaseyouneedalightweightinstallation,then
youcanremoveallsubfoldersexceptdata,bin,scriptsandshare.Launchtheinstallerasshown
belowforWindowsInstallationforMySQL5.7.16

1. Choosesetuptype
2. CheckRequirements

3. SelectInstallation
4. ProductConfiguration
5. SelectNetworkDetailsandPortnumber
6. ProvideAccountRootPassword

7. ChooseWindowsServiceoptions
8. CompleteInstallation
Onceinstallationiscomplete,youcanaccessMySQLthroughCommandlineinterfaceorMySQL
Workbench.CommandlineinterfacecanbeselectedfromAllProgramsinWindowsasshown
below

OnopeningtheCLI,itwillpromptforpasswordandonenteringthecorrectpassword,youwillbe
abletoaccessMySQLcommandprompttofirequeries.
FromAllPrograms,youcanselectMySQLWorkbench.OnlaunchingtheWorkbench,youcanselect
thespecificdatabaseandpassword.Onsuccessfulauthentication,youwillbeabletoseethe
Workbenchinterfaceasshownbelow

QUERIESINMySQL:

OncompletionofMySQLinstallationasshownabove,youcanstartusingMySQLWorkbenchorCLI
toquerythedatabase.

1. CreateUserBelowquerycreatesausermySQLUserinlocalhostwithpasswordTest123

CREATEUSER'mySQLUser'@'localhost'IDENTIFIEDBY'Test123';

2. GrantPrivilegesThesyntaxforgrantprivilegeis

GRANT[typeofpermission]ON[databasename].[tablename]TO[username]@'localhost;
E.g.:GRANTALLPRIVILEGESON*.*TO'mySQLUser'@'localhost';
 Theabovecommandistoprovideread,edit,executetoalltablesanddatabases.

Afterfinalizingthepermissionsforanewuser,reloadalltheprivilegetoreflectthenewuser
using

FLUSHPRIVILEGES;

Thedifferentpermissionspossibleare

ALLPRIVILEGESgivesallaccesstoadatabase

CREATEgivesaccesstocreatetableordatabase

DROPgivesaccesstodroptableordatabase

DELETEgivesaccesstodeleterowsfromtable

INSERTgivesaccesstoinsertrowsintotables

SELECTallowstouseselectcommand

UPDATEallowstoupdaterows

GRANTOPTIONallowstograntorremoveotherusersprivileges

3. DropUserBelowquerycanbeusedtodropusermySQLUser

DROPUSER'mySQLUser'@'localhost';

4. RevokeUserThesyntaxtorevokeprivilegesis

REVOKE[typeofpermission]ON[databasename].[tablename]FROM
[username]@localhost;

5. ShowDatabaseCommandtolistalldatabasesis

SHOWDATABASES;

6. CreateDatabaseCommandtocreateanewdatabaseis

CREATEDATABASE[databasename];

7. UseDatabaseUsecommandisusedtotellMySQLtousethedatabase_nameasthe
default/currentdatabaseforallsubsequentstatements

USE[database_name];
8. ShowTablesShowcommandisusedtolistalltablesinthedatabase

SHOWTABLES;

9. DescribeTableDescribecommandisusedtoshowthestructureofthetable

DESCRIBE[table_name];

10. ShowColumnsAllowstoshowallthecolumnsinatable

SHOWCOLUMNSFROM[table_name];

11. DropDatabaseAllowstodropthespecifieddatabase

DROPDATABASE[database_name];

12. CreatetableCreateTablesyntaxis

CREATETABLE[table_name](

Column1Type1,

Column2Type2,

);

Thedifferentdatatypeavailableareint,float,double,timestamp,char,varchar,blob,enum

13. InsertInsertsyntaxis

INSERTINTO[table_name]VALUES(list_of_values);

OR

INSERTINTO[table_name]SET

Column1=Value1,

Column2=Value2.

14. UpdateUpdatesyntaxis

UPDATE[table_name]SET

Column1=Value1,
 Column2=Value2,

WHERE[conditions];

15. MySQLMathematicalFunctionsThedifferenttypesofmathematicalfunctionsavailable
areCOUNT,AVG,MIN,MAX,SUB,ABS,ROUND,FLOOW,CEILING,SQRT,POW,RANS,SIN,
COS.

16. MySQLStringFunctionsThedifferenttypesofStringfunctionsavailableareSTRCMP,
LOWER,UPPER,LTRIM,SUBSTRING,PASSWORD,ENCODE,DECODE,CURDATE,CURTIME,
DAYNAME,DAYOFWEEK,MONTHNAME.

CONCLUSION:
MySQLhasmanyotherfeaturessuchasdistinct,joins,grouping,alias,groupingfilter.Alotofin
builtfunctionsmakesSQLqueriesinMySQLeasier.
More informations about MySQL language on www.mysqltutorial.co .