| 1. 下载RPM安装包, 因为安装MySQL的时候,软件会需要一依赖关系, 所以建议把所有的安装包下载下载, 再依次安装所以的RPM包。 
 2. 在RedHat下安装后, root密码为空, 设置MySQL的 root密码, 用下面的命令来设置.
 
 [nb@SIT ~]$ mysql -u root -p[newpassword]
 3. 修改MySQL的root 密码, 用下面 的命令:
 
 [nb@SIT ~]$ mysqladmin -u root -p[oldpasswrod] password[newpassword]
 4. 用root登录MySQL, 输入下面的命令, 再输入密码, 就可以以root的身份登录到MySQL
 
 [nb@SIT ~]$ mysql -u root -p
 Enter password:
 5. 出现下面的字符, 就表示成功登录到了MySQL,
 
 Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
 Your MySQL connection id is 14
 Server version: 5.5.14 MySQL Community Server (GPL)
 
 Copyright (c) 2000, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 
 Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its
 affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective
 owners.
 
 Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.
 
 mysql>
 6. 显示当前已经存在的数据库,输入: show databases;
 
 mysql> show databases;
 +--------------------+
 | Database |
 +--------------------+
 | information_schema |
 | mysql |
 | performance_schema |
 | test |
 +--------------------+
 4 rows in set (0.00 sec)
 7. 创建一个新的数据库, 输入: create database [name];
 
 mysql> create database mytest;
 Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
 
 mysql> show databases;
 +--------------------+
 | Database |
 +--------------------+
 | information_schema |
 | mysql |
 | mytest |
 | performance_schema |
 | test |
 +--------------------+
 5 rows in set (0.00 sec)
 8. 删除一个已经存在的数据库, 输入: drop database [name];
 
 mysql> drop database mytest;
 Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
 
 mysql> show databases;
 +--------------------+
 | Database |
 +--------------------+
 | information_schema |
 | mysql |
 | performance_schema |
 | test |
 +--------------------+
 4 rows in set (0.00 sec)
 9. 创建一张表, 输入: create table [name] [option...]
 显示表的内容: describe [table name];
 
 mysql> create table device
 -> (
 -> id int,
 -> pn varchar(8),
 -> descript varchar(30)
 -> );
 Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)
 
 mysql> describe device;
 +----------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
 | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
 +----------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
 | id | int(11) | YES | | NULL | |
 | pn | varchar(8) | YES | | NULL | |
 | descript | varchar(30) | YES | | NULL | |
 +----------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
 3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
 10. 向表里面添加数据, 输入: insert into [table_name] set option1=[value], option2=[value] ...
 
 mysql> insert into device set id=1,pn="abcd",descript="this is a good device";
 Query OK, 1 row affected (0.01 sec)
 
 mysql> insert into device set id=2,pn="efgh",descript="this is a good device";
 Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
 11. 查看表里面的内容, 输入: select [col_name] from [table_name]
 
 mysql> select * from device;
 +------+------+-----------------------+
 | id | pn | descript |
 +------+------+-----------------------+
 | 1 | abcd | this is a good device |
 | 2 | efgh | this is a good device |
 +------+------+-----------------------+
 2 rows in set (0.01 sec)
 12. 选择性的查询表里的内容, * 是通配符, 表示所有的, 查询单项的时候, 输入: select * from [table_name] where opiont=[value];
 
 mysql> select * from device where id=2;
 +------+------+-----------------------+
 | id | pn | descript |
 +------+------+-----------------------+
 | 2 | efgh | this is a good device |
 +------+------+-----------------------+
 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
 13. 选择性查询表里的内容, 输入: select [option]...[option] from [table_name] where [option]=[value];
 
 mysql> select id,descript from device where id=2;
 +------+-----------------------+
 | id | descript |
 +------+-----------------------+
 | 2 | this is a good device |
 +------+-----------------------+
 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
 
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