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Creating Tables and Inserting Data in MySQL

In this lab, we've been tasked with creating two new tables for our company's corporate database. Once they're created, we need to insert some data into each of them. This will give us some hands-on experience in creating tables and inserting data for databases in a MySQL server.

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Level
Intermediate
Last updated
Sep 22, 2025
Duration
1h 0m

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Table of Contents
  1. Challenge

    Log into the MySQL Server as `root` and Change to the `corporate` Database

    Login to the MySQL server:

    # mysql -u root -p

    Change to the corporate database:

    mysql> USE corporate;

  2. Challenge

    Create a Table Named `products` in the `corporate` Database with the Characteristics Provided in the Instructions

    Create the products table with the following command:

    mysql> CREATE TABLE products (productID INT PRIMARY KEY, productType VARCHAR(50), operatingSystem VARCHAR(50));

  3. Challenge

    Create a Table Named `orders** in the `corporate` Database with the Characteristics Provided in the Instructions

    Create the orders table with the following command:

    mysql> CREATE TABLE orders (orderID INT PRIMARY KEY, userName VARCHAR(50) UNIQUE, orderType VARCHAR(255), purchaseDate DATE);

  4. Challenge

    Insert Data into the `products` Table According to the Information Provided in the Instructions

    Insert data into the products table with the following command:

    mysql> INSERT INTO products (productID,productType,operatingSystem) VALUES (1,'laptop','ubuntu'),(2,'desktop','windows'),(3,'server','rhel');

  5. Challenge

    Insert Data into the `orders` Table According to the Information Provided in the Instructions

    Insert data into the orders table with the following command:

    mysql> INSERT INTO orders (orderID,userName,orderType,purchaseDate) VALUES (1,'aaron','laptop','2018-02-23'),(2,'stosh','desktop','2018-01-25'),(3,'kenny','server','2019-12-10');

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