Mysql command select database

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Mysql is free and open source relational database management system(RDBMS). We can create multiple databases into Mysql server and we can select database in mysql server from command line.

Mysql command select database steps

Step 1: go to mysql folder directory.

Step 2: then go to bin directory inside mysql.

Step 3: Connect Mysql server. Enter command mysql -u [username] -p[password]

Step 4: Enter password

Step 5: write query "use database_name;" and hit enter

So these were the steps of mysql command select database.

Mysql database is used to store data.

Mysql uses Apache web server. Apache http server is free open source web server software.

We create tables inside mysql database to store data and We use sql(structured query language) to write query in Mysql.

We use queries to manage mysql databases.

We can create and delete database by sql query. We can create and delete tables by sql query.

Mysql command select database is required if we are going to run any sql query in mysql server which is related to specific database. First we have to select that database after that we run sql query. We run use database query to select database in mysql server.

If we run any sql query related to specific database and we did not select that database then we will get 'no database selected' error.

We can add multiple users to single database.

We can also give permission to users about what are their tasks.

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