Figure A Creating a database First, we must create the actual database to be used. We’ll create a database called staff. To do this, we issue the command (from the MySQL prompt): CREATE DATABASE ...

And that’s all there is to creating a table and inserting data into it on MySQL. Once you have all the data necessary, your database is ready for usage by your web-based tool.

You can copy a MySQL database to a website using a tool such as phpMyAdmin or by using the MySQL command line. Create a new target database, export the data from the source database and import it ...

Those commands were piped in via STDIN and executed much like the -e command you used to create the initial database. The end result is that you have a database called "food" on your local MySQL ...