Mysql/CheatSheet

Databases

• Create

CREATE DATABASE [IF NOT EXISTS] database_name;

• Use

USE database_name;

• Delete

DROP DATABASE [IF EXISTS] database_name;

• List all

SHOW DATABASE;

• Storage Engines
  • MyISAM (optimized for compression and speed. portable. not transaction safe. used to be default)
  • InnoDB (optimized for speed. portable. portable. default)
  • MERGE
  • MEMORY (HEAP)
  • ARCHIVE
  • CSV
  • FEDERATED

Tables

• list

SHOW TABLES;

• create

CREATE TABLE [IF NOT EXISTS] table_name(
  column1,
  column2
);

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS cars(
  vehicle_id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
  title VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
  first_seen DATE,
  description TEXT
);