Green University of Bangladesh

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Database System Lab (CSE-210)

Introduction to MySQL

Lecturer:
Author: Mr. Md. Shakhawat Hossain
Mahadi Ahammed Lecturer
ID: 182002006 Department of Computer Science and
Section: DB Engineering,
Green University of Bangladesh

Remark

February 13, 2020

1 Objective
The objective of this experiment is to learn about the basics of database and how to create a
database and a table in that database.

2 Equipment
1. A computer (we using windows operating system)

2. Xampp Software

3 What Is Database
A database is an organized collection of data, generally stored and accessed electronically from
a computer system. Where databases are more complex they are often developed using formal
design and modeling techniques.

4 Starting Xampp Server

• At first we need to install xampp on the computer.

• Go to the directory where you installed xampp.

• Find xampp-control.exe and open it.

• Start both Apache and MySQL.

5 Instructions
 
• Go to this directory xampp mysql bin.

• Write down the address of that directory.

• Go to the windows Search operation and search for cmd. Or hold down windows button
+ R and type cmd and click OK.

• This will open windows Command prompt (command line interpreter of Windows).

• Type cd/ and press Enter.

• Now type the drive name and press Enter.

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 • Type “cd xampp \ mysql \ bin” and press Enter.

• Now type “mysql -u root -p -h 127.0.0.1” and press enter. It will want password, we need
to press ‘Enter’ again.

6 Creating A New Database & A Table

• Now if we type ‘show databases’, it will show all databases.

• To create new database we will use ‘create’ : “create database DigitalGames;”.

• To use the created database : “use DigitalGames;”.

• To create a table : CREATE TABLE BasicList (serial int(11)unsigned auto increment

primary key not null, Game name VARCHAR(25) not null, platform varchar(20) not
null);

• If we use “show tables” command we can see the all tables in the database.

A New Database & A Table