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MySQL 8 Cookbook

By : Karthik Appigatla
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MySQL 8 Cookbook

By: Karthik Appigatla

Overview of this book

MySQL is one of the most popular and widely used relational databases in the World today. The recently released MySQL 8 version promises to be better and more efficient than ever before. This book contains everything you need to know to be the go-to person in your organization when it comes to MySQL. Starting with a quick installation and configuration of your MySQL instance, the book quickly jumps into the querying aspects of MySQL. It shows you the newest improvements in MySQL 8 and gives you hands-on experience in managing high-transaction and real-time datasets. If you've already worked with MySQL before and are looking to migrate your application to MySQL 8, this book will also show you how to do that. The book also contains recipes on efficient MySQL administration, with tips on effective user management, data recovery, security, database monitoring, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and more. With quick solutions to common and not-so-common problems you might encounter while working with MySQL 8, the book contains practical tips and tricks to give you the edge over others in designing, developing, and administering your database effectively.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Title Page
Dedication
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Granting and revoking access to users


You can restrict the user to access specific databases or tables and also only specific operations, such as SELECT, INSERT, and UPDATE. For granting privileges to other users, you should have the GRANT privilege. 

How to do it...

During the initial setup, you can use the root user to grant privileges. You can also create an administrative account to manage the users.

Granting privileges

  • Grant the READ ONLY(SELECT) privileges to the company_read_only user:
mysql> GRANT SELECT ON company.* TO 'company_read_only'@'localhost';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.06 sec)

The asterisk (*) represents all tables inside the database.

  • Grant the INSERT privilege to the new company_insert_only user:
mysql> GRANT INSERT ON company.* TO 'company_insert_only'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'xxxx';
Query OK, 0 rows affected, 1 warning (0.05 sec)
mysql> SHOW WARNINGS\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
  Level: Warning
   Code: 1287
Message: Using GRANT...