Using the MySQL database system

Compared to Sybase and Oracle, MySQL has fewer features, but it compensates by having better performance.

• MySQL manual at www.mysql.com
• MySQLdb is an interface to MySQL for Python users.
• Before you can use MySQL locally, you will need to ask the User Consultant at the Help Desk to set up a database for you.
• You can use MySQL conversationally by typing:

      mysql -h hostname -u username -p

  where hostname is the host (currently dbhost.nmt.edu), and username is your username. You will be prompted for your password.

John Shipman, john@nmt.edu Last updated: 2007/04/20 23:02:37 UT URL: http://www.nmt.edu/tcc/help/db/mysql/homepage.html