Creating a Database

Difficulty:INTERMEDIATE
Applies to:MySQL 5.X

Summary (Headers Level 2)

This article will show you how to create a database using the MySQL Command-Line Tool.

Stey-by-Step

Step 1:

Invoke the MySQL Command-Line Tool from the prompt of your command interpreter:

> mysql --user_name=user_name --password=your_password

Step 2:

mysql> CREATE DATABASE db_name;

Successful creation will result in the following output:

Query OK, 1 row affected (time sec)

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