Mysql Commands

Installation

• Installation on ubuntu server through terminal

sudo apt install mariadb-server

sudo mysql_secure_installation

sudo systemctl status mariadb

• Start or stop mariadb server services

sudo systemctl stop mariadb

sudo systemctl start mariadb

Database Management

• Create database: param
  • Using defaults

mysql> CREATE DATABASE param;

• Using specific parameters

mysql> CREATE DATABASE param DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;

• Delete database: param

mysql> DROP DATABASE param;

• List the databases created in the database server

SHOW DATABASES;

• Use a particular database and see all the tables in the database

MariaDB [(none)]> use param;

MariaDB [param]> show tables;

User Management

• Show users

MariaDB [(none)]> mysqlselect host, user, password from mysql.user;

• Show grants to a user

MariaDB [(none)]> HOW GRANTS FOR 'dbusername'@'%';

Here dbusername is the name of the user that is used to handle database access

• Revoke all grants to a user

MariaDB [(none)]> REVOKE ALL PRIVILEGES, GRANT OPTION FROM 'dbusername'@'%';

• Delete a user

MariaDB [(none)]> DROP USER 'dbusername'@'%';