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MySQL GUI Tools

Karthikeyan — Mon, 04 May 2009 12:05:32 +0000

There are many software packages which contains PHP, MySQL and extra tools where you can run without configuring PHP and MySQL inside apache server. But if you are learning MySQL the only way to get experienced with MySQL is MySQL console where you can work with MySQL commands

If you want to make work easier for creating and managing database via GUI tool. MySQL offers free GUI tool with MySQL Administrator, MySQL migration tool kit and MySQL Query browser.

MySQL Administrator

MySQL administrator allows to monitor server logs, server connections and server information. MySQL administrator tool can be used to backup and restore whole MySQL database. It is used to create new schema where you can create new table, alter edit, drop and maintain tables.

MySQL Migration Tool Kit

MySQL GUI tools contain MySQL migration tool kit where you can convert most famous database sources into MySQL database in minutes.

MySQL Query Browser

MySQL query browser which useful for learners and developers, by just drag and drop tables and database MySQL query browser writes queries automatically and also contains MySQL Syntax with example. MySQL query browser made easy to manipulate MySQL database.

MySQL GUI Tools download available for Windows, Linux distribution and Mac OSX.

Copy Table Content to New Table in MySQL

Karthikeyan — Fri, 01 May 2009 08:53:47 +0000

If there is a database which contains user name, password and other fields. But how to take copy of table contents to new table.
If you are a DBA administrator you should have a copy of original database or table. Let’s see here how to copy the contents of a table into a new table.

MySQL query to copy table content to new table.

mysql> CREATE TABLE studentbak LIKE ttt_ria.student;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.03 sec)

mysql> insert studentbak select * from ttt_ria.student;
Query OK, 4 rows affected (0.02 sec)
Records: 4  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0

mysql> select * from studentbak;
+------+--------------+------+-----------------+
| id   | name         | age  | dept            |
+------+--------------+------+-----------------+
|    1 | karthikeyan  |   22 | Internet        |
|    2 | Arun Shakthi |   22 | Consultancy     |
|    3 | manikandan   |   22 | Management      |
|    4 | meena        |   22 | Human Resources |
+------+--------------+------+-----------------+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Here ttt_ria is database and student is a old content table and studentbak is a new table.

Accessing MySQL via SSH or Shell

Karthikeyan — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:22:47 +0000

If you are using any web host or server they may provide shell access most of the shared web hosting providers will not give shell access due to security reasons.

If you own a server or shell access and like to work MySQL commands in shell. Let’s see how to connect MySQL via SSH or Shell.

Command to connect MySQL via Shell

mysql -u(username) -h (hostname) -p(password)

user@tothetech.net [~]# mysql -u username -h localhost -p
Enter password:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 35642
Server version: 5.0.67-community MySQL Community Edition (GPL)

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.

mysql>

If you are using root log in in SSH or Shell access then no need to mention about password for connecting MySQL in SSH

root@server [~]# mysql -u root -h localhost
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 35874
Server version: 5.0.67-community MySQL Community Edition (GPL)

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.

mysql>