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MySQL Table Operations Cheatsheet

This cheatsheet covers common MySQL table operations including creating, altering, and dropping tables.

  1. Create Table
  2. Alter Table
  3. Drop Table
  4. Table Information
  5. Indexes
  6. Temporary Tables
  7. Truncate Table

Create Table

-- Basic table creation
CREATE TABLE table_name (
    column1 datatype,
    column2 datatype,
    column3 datatype,
   ....
);

-- Create table with primary key
CREATE TABLE table_name (
    id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
    column1 datatype,
    column2 datatype,
    PRIMARY KEY (id)
);

-- Create table with foreign key
CREATE TABLE orders (
    order_id INT NOT NULL,
    product_id INT,
    customer_id INT,
    PRIMARY KEY (order_id),
    FOREIGN KEY (product_id) REFERENCES products(id),
    FOREIGN KEY (customer_id) REFERENCES customers(id)
);

Alter Table

-- Add a new column
ALTER TABLE table_name
ADD column_name datatype;

-- Drop a column
ALTER TABLE table_name
DROP COLUMN column_name;

-- Modify column datatype
ALTER TABLE table_name
MODIFY COLUMN column_name new_datatype;

-- Rename a column
ALTER TABLE table_name
CHANGE old_column_name new_column_name datatype;

-- Add primary key
ALTER TABLE table_name
ADD PRIMARY KEY (column_name);

-- Add foreign key
ALTER TABLE table_name
ADD FOREIGN KEY (column_name) REFERENCES other_table(other_column);

-- Drop foreign key
ALTER TABLE table_name
DROP FOREIGN KEY constraint_name;

Drop Table

-- Drop a table
DROP TABLE table_name;

-- Drop table if it exists
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS table_name;

Table Information

-- Show all tables in the current database
SHOW TABLES;

-- Describe table structure
DESCRIBE table_name;
-- or
SHOW COLUMNS FROM table_name;

-- Show create table statement
SHOW CREATE TABLE table_name;

-- Show table status
SHOW TABLE STATUS LIKE 'table_name';

Indexes

-- Create an index
CREATE INDEX index_name
ON table_name (column1, column2);

-- Create a unique index
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX index_name
ON table_name (column1, column2);

-- Drop an index
DROP INDEX index_name ON table_name;

-- Show indexes for a table
SHOW INDEX FROM table_name;

Temporary Tables

-- Create a temporary table
CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE temp_table (
    column1 datatype,
    column2 datatype
);

-- Temporary tables are automatically dropped at the end of the session

Truncate Table

-- Remove all rows from a table
TRUNCATE TABLE table_name;