Beginning SQL

Appendix B
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Having done that, make sure that you click the Apply Changes button, and then click Close to close the
window. You’re returned to the Query Browser’s default login screen, and the details for connection
BegSQLDB are already entered, as shown in Figure B-28:
Figure B-28
Every time you start up, you can select the login details by simply selecting the connection name from
the Connections drop-down box. It saves filling in the details every time because you only need to enter
the password.
Click OK to continue and open Query Browser.
Because you selected the BegSQLDB connection, any queries or SQL is run against the Film Club
database. Also note that unlike MySQL Control Center, only one SQL statement can be executed at one
time. Chapter 1 contains all the SQL for adding tables to the example database, and Chapter 2 covers
how to insert data. So this appendix simply demonstrates how to create one new table, add two rows to
it, and then delete the table from the database. Don’t worry if the SQL itself doesn’t make sense; it will
once you’ve read Chapters 1 through 3.
Type the following SQL into the SQL box at the top of Query Browser, the same box in which you previously
entered CREATE DATABASE FilmClub:
CREATE TABLE MyTable (MyColumn int)
Now click the Execute button to create the table. Now refresh the schemata by right-clicking the
Schemata box and choosing the Refresh Menu option. A small triangle now appears next to the filmclub
database name in the schemata. Click the triangle and you can see that it lists the addition of
MyTable, as shown in Figure B-29: