How Many SQL DDL Commands Are Supported by "mysql"? - MySQL FAQs - Command-Line End User Interface mysql

There are 4 SQL Data Definition Language (DDL) commands that are supported by "mysql". They are listed below with short descriptions:

• "CREATE dataObjectType dataObjectName" - Creates new databases, tables, views, triggers, indexes, and other data objects.
• "RENAME dataObjectType dataObjectName" - Renames existing databases, tables, views, triggers, indexes, and other data objects.
• "ALTER dataObjectType dataObjectName" - Alters properties of existing databases, tables, views, triggers, indexes, and other data objects.
• "DROP dataObjectType dataObjectName" - Drops existing databases, tables, views, triggers, indexes, and other data objects.

Here is a tutorial exercise of how to use DDL commands to create a database and a table:

>cd \mysql\bin
>mysql -u root

mysql> CREATE DATABASE fyi;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.50 sec)

mysql> CREATE TABLE articles (name VARCHAR(80));
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.25 sec)

mysql> DROP DATABASE fyi;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.41 sec)