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On the system that you wish to transfer the database to (i.e., mire): If you are importing a mysqldump for the first time on `mire`, you won't have permissions to DROP the nonexistant tables. You can filter out the offending "DROP TABLE" commands with the following command:
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mysql -h mysql -p USER_DATABASE < mydatabase.sql sed 's/DROP TABLE/-- DROP TABLE/g' ~/mydatabase.sql > ~/mydatabase_nodrop.sql
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(Assuming, of course, that you don't have any jerk users in your database named "[http://xkcd.com/327/ Robert'); DROP TABLES Students;--]".)

Finally, import the database using `mire`:
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If you receive errors that the `DROP` command cannot be used, you will have to comment out all DROP commands. There is also another way, using `mysql-fixperms` but I have no idea how that works. Now that you have created tables within a database, you can grant DROP permissions to them using `mysql-fixperms` without any arguments.

This is the chapter of the MemberManual that describes how to use PostgreSQL and MySQL databases on HCoop servers.

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Introduction

We use a custom tool called dbtool to handle many of the aspects of creating and deleting databases for MySQL and PostgreSQL.

MySQL

Create an Account

Creating a MySQL user account is an easy task with dbtool. It is available for use when you login to mire.hcoop.net.

Run the following command:

dbtool mysql adduser

You will be asked for a password. The user created will be the same as your log-in username.

Create a Database

dbtool is also used to create new MySQL databases. Replace DATABASE with your desired database name:

dbtool mysql createdb DATABASE

The database created will be USER_DATABASE (where USER is your username and DATABASE is the name you provided dbtool).

Delete a Database

Delete a database with the following:

dbtool mysql dropdb DATABASE

Changing Your Password

If you need to change your MySQL password for security purposes or you have forgotten it, you may do so with this command:

dbtool mysql passwd

You will be prompted to input a new password.

Accessing Databases

For web applications, set the MySQL host/server to mysql. Default ports apply. Use your HCoop username. Your password will be required. Please safeguard it. Remember that your database is really named USER_DATABASE, where DATABASE is the name you originally gave dbtool. Follow your software package's instructions.

In addition, you can easily use the mysql shell to manipulate or analyze your databases:

mysql -p -h mysql USER_DATABASE

For security reasons, you cannot drop a database using the mysql shell.

To learn more about the MySQL shell, review the [http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/ MySQL manual].

Transferring Databases

If you have a MySQL database on another system and you wish to put that database onto our systems, you'll have to create the database on mire as stated above and do the following:

On the system with the original database:

mysqldump -p USER_DATABASE > mydatabase.sql
scp ./mydatabase.sql mire.hcoop.net:~/

If you are importing a mysqldump for the first time on mire, you won't have permissions to DROP the nonexistant tables. You can filter out the offending "DROP TABLE" commands with the following command:

sed 's/DROP TABLE/-- DROP TABLE/g' ~/mydatabase.sql > ~/mydatabase_nodrop.sql

(Assuming, of course, that you don't have any jerk users in your database named "[http://xkcd.com/327/ Robert'); DROP TABLES Students;--]".)

Finally, import the database using mire:

mysql -h mysql -p USER_DATABASE < ~/mydatabase.sql

Now that you have created tables within a database, you can grant DROP permissions to them using mysql-fixperms without any arguments.

PostgreSQL

Create an Account

To create a PostgreSQL user account, enter the following command on mire.hcoop.net:

dbtool postgres adduser

You will not be prompted for a password since PostgreSQL utilizes a security model that is quite different from MySQL. The user created will be the same as your log-in username.

Create a Database

Additionally, dbtool is used to create new Postgres databases. Replace DATABASE with your desired database name:

dbtool postgres createdb DATABASE

The database created will be called USER_DATABASE (where USER is your username and DATABASE is the name you provided dbtool).

Delete a Database

Delete a database with the following command:

dbtool postgres dropdb DATABASE

For security reasons, you cannot drop a database using the psql shell.

Accessing Databases

For web applications, set the PostgreSQL host/server to postgres. Default ports apply. Use your HCoop username. A password is not required. Remember that your database is really named USER_DATABASE, where DATABASE is the name you originally gave dbtool. Follow your software package's instructions.

It is very easy to access your database using a PostgreSQL shell:

psql -h postgres USER_DATABASE

To learn more about the psql shell, take a look at the [http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/index.html PostgreSQL manual].

MemberManual/Databases (last edited 2021-11-06 19:46:06 by ClintonEbadi)