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Flash cards

Review the key moves

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Core idea

What is the main idea behind Node.js MySQL Create Database?

Lesson checks

Practice each idea before moving on

Short Mimo-style checks built from this lesson's code, terms, and sequence.

1Quick choice

Which statement best captures the main point of this lesson?

2Fill blank

Complete the missing token from the example code.

___ mysql = require('mysql');

3Order

Put the learning moves in the order that makes the concept easiest to apply.

Create a database named "mydb":

To create a database in MySQL, use the "CREATE DATABASE" statement:

Creating a Database

To create a database in MySQL, use the "CREATE DATABASE" statement:

Example

Create a database named "mydb":

let mysql = require('mysql');
let con = mysql.createConnection({
 host: "localhost", user: " yourusername ", password: " yourpassword "
});
con.connect(function(err) {
 if (err) throw err;
 console.log("Connected!");
 con.query(" CREATE DATABASE mydb ", function (err, result) {
 if (err) throw err;
 console.log("Database created");
 });
});

Save the code above in a file called "demo_create_db.js" and run the file:

Run "demo_create_db.js"

C:\Users\
Your Name
>node demo_create_db.js

Which will give you this result

Connected! Database created