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3 MySQL Commands Developers should know.

Josh Otwell
6 min readJul 1, 2020

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If you are a developer working in a MySQL environment, this blog post is for you. I share 3 MySQL commands or statements that you should know. That is a bold statement, I know. Turns out, once you do know (of) these commands, you will use them all the time. They minimize guesswork which leads to better productivity in other facets of your programming and querying workflow. I use them myself almost daily and am sure you will too once you see how simple they are to use. So why should you know them? Continue reading and find out…

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OS, Software, and DB used:

  • OpenSuse Leap 15.1
  • MySQL 8.0.20

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Note: these commands/statements are listed in no particular order.

DESC table_name

If for no other reason than knowing the names of which columns to query and their respective datatypes, you must know DESC table_name.

What columns and their respective datatypes are in the ‘actor’ table? Use DESC for this information:

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Josh Otwell
Josh Otwell

Written by Josh Otwell

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