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  Installing the Example DatabaseChapter 4 of SQL for MYSQL Developers describes how to install the example database. That description includes explanations of how certain SQL statements work. This page contains a more concise description of the installation procedure. We assume that you have successfully installed MySQL and WinSQL. If you havealready created a user, such as BOOKSQL, then start with step 4. Step 1: Start WinSQL and log on using the user name root with password root.
Step 2: Create a new user called BOOKSQL with password BOOKSQLPW. Type in the following SQL statement:
Execute this statement by pushing the button with the green arrow. If the user is created, the following window appears:
Step 3: Assign BOOKSQL all the required privileges with the following statement, and execute the statement:
Stop WinSQL now. Step 4: Start WinSQL and log on with user name BOOKSQL and password BOOKSQLPW:
Step 5: Create a new database called TENNIS using the CREATE DATABASE statement. Don't forget the execute the statement:
Step 6: Make TENNIS the current database through the USE statement:
Step 7: Download the file SQLforMySQL_V1_create_new_database.txt. Open the file with, for example, Notepad. Copy all the statements from the file into WinSQL:
Execute all the statements by pushing the button with the green arrow. The example database will be ready after this. |
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