C:\Users\anderson>c:\xampp\mysql\bin\mysql -u root -p Enter password: *********** Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 95 Server version: 5.5.27 MySQL Community Server (GPL) Copyright (c) 2000, 2011, 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> use simpsons; Database changed mysql> show tables; +--------------------+ | Tables_in_simpsons | +--------------------+ | courses | | grades | | students | | teachers | +--------------------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> show databases; +--------------------+ | Database | +--------------------+ | information_schema | | cdcol | | imdb | | mysql | | performance_schema | | phpmyadmin | | simpsons | | test | | webauth | +--------------------+ 9 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> SELECT * FROM courses; +-------+-----------------------+------------+ | id | name | teacher_id | +-------+-----------------------+------------+ | 10001 | Computer Science 142 | 1234 | | 10002 | Computer Science 143 | 5678 | | 10003 | Computer Science 190M | 9012 | | 10004 | Informatics 100 | 1234 | +-------+-----------------------+------------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec)