# To connect to a database mysql -h localhost -u root -p # To backup all databases mysqldump --all-databases --all-routines -u root -p > ~/fulldump.sql # To restore all databases mysql -u root -p < ~/fulldump.sql # To create a database in utf8 charset CREATE DATABASE owa CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci; # To add a user and give rights on the given database GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON database.* TO 'user'@'localhost'IDENTIFIED BY 'password' WITH GRANT OPTION; # To list the privileges granted to the account that you are using to connect to the server. Any of the 3 statements will work. SHOW GRANTS FOR CURRENT_USER(); SHOW GRANTS; SHOW GRANTS FOR CURRENT_USER; # Basic SELECT Statement SELECT * FROM tbl_name; # Basic INSERT Statement INSERT INTO tbl_name (col1,col2) VALUES(15,col1*2); # Basic UPDATE Statement UPDATE tbl_name SET col1 = "example"; # Basic DELETE Statement DELETE FROM tbl_name WHERE user = 'jcole'; # To check stored procedure SHOW PROCEDURE STATUS; # To check stored function SHOW FUNCTION STATUS;