In this chapter, we dived deep into the ocean of commands that are used for almost all the activities for the MySQL server, starting with installation, server start up, client programs to administrative programs, and several utility programs to cater for different purposes on a routine basis for database administration. The chapter also provided a working knowledge of making database backups and importing the databases with or without specific tables.
The next chapter will focus on MySQL 8 data types in detail. It will categorize data types based on their content types and it will describe properties in detail for each of the categories and storage level details that should be kept in mind during table and column design.
