Comandos utiles mysql

por | 27 junio, 2006
MYSQL HANDY COMMANDS

 

Handy MySQL Commands
Description Command
To login (from unix shell) use -h only if needed. [mysql dir]/bin/mysql -h hostname -u root -p
Create a database on the sql server. create database [databasename];
List all databases on the sql server. show databases;
Switch to a database. use [db name];
To see all the tables in the db. show tables;
To see database’s field formats. describe [table name];
To delete a db. drop database [database name];
To delete a table. drop table [table name];
Show all data in a table. SELECT * FROM [table name];
Returns the columns and column information pertaining to the designated table. show columns from [table name];  
Show certain selected rows with the value «whatever». SELECT * FROM [table name] WHERE [field name] = «whatever»;  
Show all records containing the name «Bob» AND the phone number ‘3444444’. SELECT * FROM [table name] WHERE name = «Bob» AND phone_number = ‘3444444’;  
Show all records not containing the name «Bob» AND the phone number ‘3444444’ order by the phone_number field. SELECT * FROM [table name] WHERE name != «Bob» AND phone_number = ‘3444444’ order by phone_number;  
Show all records starting with the letters ‘bob’ AND the phone number ‘3444444’. SELECT * FROM [table name] WHERE name like «Bob%» AND phone_number = ‘3444444’;  
Use a regular expression to find records. Use «REGEXP BINARY» to force case-sensitivity. This finds any record beginning with a. SELECT * FROM [table name] WHERE rec RLIKE «^a$»;  
Show unique records. SELECT DISTINCT [column name] FROM [table name];
Show selected records sorted in an ascending (asc) or descending (desc). SELECT [col1],[col2] FROM [table name] ORDER BY [col2] DESC;
Count rows. SELECT COUNT(*) FROM [table name];  
Join tables on common columns. select lookup.illustrationid, lookup.personid,person.birthday from lookup
left join person on lookup.personid=person.personid=statement to join birthday in person table with primary illustration id;
Switch to the mysql db. Create a new user. INSERT INTO [table name] (Host,User,Password) VALUES(‘%’,’user’,PASSWORD(‘password’));
Change a users password.(from unix shell). [mysql dir]/bin/mysqladmin -u root -h hostname.blah.org -p password ‘new-password’
Change a users password.(from MySQL prompt). SET PASSWORD FOR ‘user’@’hostname’ = PASSWORD(‘passwordhere’);
Switch to mysql db.Give user privilages for a db. INSERT INTO [table name] (Host,Db,User,Select_priv,Insert_priv,Update_priv,Delete_priv,Create_priv,Drop_priv) VALUES (‘%’,’db’,’user’,’Y’,’Y’,’Y’,’Y’,’Y’,’N’);
To update info already in a table. UPDATE [table name] SET Select_priv = ‘Y’,Insert_priv = ‘Y’,Update_priv = ‘Y’ where [field name] = ‘user’;
Delete a row(s) from a table. DELETE from [table name] where [field name] = ‘whatever’;
Update database permissions/privilages. FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Delete a column. alter table [table name] drop column [column name];
Add a new column to db. alter table [table name] add column [new column name] varchar (20);
Change column name. alter table [table name] change [old column name] [new column name] varchar (50);
Make a unique column so you get no dupes. alter table [table name] add unique ([column name]);
Make a column bigger. alter table [table name] modify [column name] VARCHAR(3);
Delete unique from table. alter table [table name] drop index [colmn name];
Load a CSV file into a table. LOAD DATA INFILE ‘/tmp/filename.csv’ replace INTO TABLE [table name] FIELDS TERMINATED BY ‘,’ LINES TERMINATED BY ‘\n’ (field1,field2,field3);
Dump all databases for backup.Backup file is sql commands to recreate all db’s. [mysql dir]/bin/mysqldump –user=root –password=blah –all-databases >/tmp/sql-01_backup.sql
Create Table Example 1. CREATE TABLE [table name] (firstname VARCHAR(20), middleinitial VARCHAR(3), lastname VARCHAR(35),suffix VARCHAR(3),
officeid VARCHAR(10),userid VARCHAR(15),username VARCHAR(8),email VARCHAR(35),phone VARCHAR(25), groups
VARCHAR(15),datestamp DATE,timestamp time,pgpemail VARCHAR(255));
Create Table Example 2. create table [table name] (personid int(50) not null auto_increment primary key,firstname varchar(35),middlename varchar(50),lastname varchar(50) default ‘bato’);