This section contains practical scripts and commands to help you set up your SQL development environment.
- Test database connections
- Verify installation success
- Basic query examples to confirm setup
- Small practice datasets
- Test data for initial queries
- Setup verification data
-- Test MySQL connection and basic functionality
SELECT VERSION() as mysql_version;
SHOW DATABASES;
CREATE DATABASE test_db;
USE test_db;
CREATE TABLE test_table (id INT, name VARCHAR(50));
INSERT INTO test_table VALUES (1, 'Test');
SELECT * FROM test_table;
DROP DATABASE test_db;-- Test PostgreSQL connection
SELECT version();
\l
CREATE DATABASE test_db;
\c test_db
CREATE TABLE test_table (id INTEGER, name VARCHAR(50));
INSERT INTO test_table VALUES (1, 'Test');
SELECT * FROM test_table;
DROP DATABASE test_db;-- Test SQL Server connection
SELECT @@VERSION as sql_server_version;
SELECT name FROM sys.databases;
CREATE DATABASE test_db;
USE test_db;
CREATE TABLE test_table (id INT, name VARCHAR(50));
INSERT INTO test_table VALUES (1, 'Test');
SELECT * FROM test_table;
DROP DATABASE test_db;