Question

I am trying to do this tutorial, and I’ve gotten as far as to have a MySQL preference pane and I have apparently started a MySQL server, but I’m unsure of how to proceed.

In the tutorial it says…

Here are the MySQL statements you’ll need to create these tables:

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS rw_promo_code;
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS rw_app;
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS rw_promo_code_redeemed;

CREATE TABLE rw_promo_code (
    id mediumint NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, 
    rw_app_id tinyint NOT NULL, 
    code varchar(255) NOT NULL,
    unlock_code varchar(255) NOT NULL,
    uses_remaining smallint NOT NULL
);

CREATE TABLE rw_app (
    id mediumint NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, 
    app_id varchar(255) NOT NULL
);

CREATE TABLE rw_promo_code_redeemed (
    id mediumint NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, 
    rw_promo_code_id mediumint NOT NULL,
    device_id varchar(255) NOT NULL,
    redeemed_time TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
);

However, I don’t know where these statements should be used (I can tell just from the use of whitespace and newlines they are not for the terminal).

Where should I use these commands to create my tables?

Answer 1

You should use an SQL console application. I recommend MySQL Workbench

Also here is a tutorial on how to use it.