Get up to speed on MySQL basics with this step-by-step tutorial on how to create a database, add a table, and input data into the table.

Jack Wallen explains how to add data into a MySQL table from the command line.

Connect to the MySQL database. The following code connects to a database server named "myserver:"mysql_connect ('myserver', 'user', 'password') Retrieve a list of tables from the database.

Next, we shall explore the MySQL database tables generated from the MySQL CLI (command-line interface). Start the MySQL CLI shell to display the mysql command prompt.