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MySQL Commands

Information about all of the available MySQL commands, and what each does.
Add Column - MySQL Command
How to add a column to MySQL using the add column SQL command
Add Unique - MySQL Command
Add a unique table column in MySQL to ensure you do not have any duplicates, but using 'Add Unique' in your SQL Code
Alter Table - MySQL Command
How to use the MySQL alter table command, and what to combine it with to do different things to your database.
Ceil - MySQL Command
Use Ceiling to always round a number up
Change - MySQL Command
The change SQL command can be used to change a column's name
Count - MySQL Command
The MySQL Count command is used to count the number of records held on a specific table
Create Database - MySQL Command
Use the create database command in MySQL to create a new database on the MySQL server
Describe - MySQL Command
The describe command shows a tables fields and their formats
Drop Column - MySQL Command
How to remove (drop) a column from a table using MySQL with your SQL database.
Drop Database - MySQL Command
The drop database command in MySQL will remove a database from the server
Drop Table - MySQL Command
Remove an entire table from a MySQL database using the drop table command
Floor - MySQL Command
Use Floor to always round a number down
From - MySQL Command
From is used with Select in MySQL to choose what table to query from
Limit - MySQL Command
Limit the results of your MySQL query to results within a certain number range.
Modify - MySQL Command
Change the size of a MySQL column by using the Modify SQL command
MySQL Login from Unix Shell
Login to your mysql server from unix shell
Select - MySQL Command
The SQL select statement is used to choose what data to pull from the mysql database
Show Columns - MySQL Command
The show columns command is used to display all the columns for a given table and their details.
Show Databases- MySQL Command
Use the show databases command in MySQL to show all the databases on the MySQL server
Show Tables - MySQL Command
The show tables command is used to display all the tables in a MySQL database
Use - MySQL Command
Switch databases in MySQL using the use command
Where - MySQL Command
In SQL where is used with select to choose specifically what to search for in your MySQL database
MySQL Commands List
Learn all of the available MySQL commands and what each of them is used for when working with your MySQL database.

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