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How To Change MySQL Root Password

Question: How do I change MySQL root Password? Answer: You can change MySQL root password using one of the following 3 methods. These methods can be used on both Windows and Unix Environment including Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, Fedora, RedHat, Arch Linux, SUSE etc., Method 1. How to Change MySQL Root Password Using mysqladmin Command? You [...]

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15 Advanced PostgreSQL Commands with Examples

Some of the open source application comes with postgreSQL database. To maintain those application, companies may not hire a fulltime postgreSQL DBA. Instead they may request the existing Oracle DBA, or Linux system administrator, or programmers to maintain the potgreSQL. In this article let discuss about the 15 practical postgresql database commands which will be [...]

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Starting up and shutting down the oracle listener is a routine task for a database administrator. However a Linux system administrator or programmer may end-up doing some basic DBA operations on development database. It is critical for non-DBAs to understand the basic database admin activities. In this article, let us review how to start, stop, [...]

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15 Practical PostgreSQL Database Administration Commands

Earlier we discussed about how to install PostgreSQL database on Linux from source. In this article, let us review top 15 practical postgreSQL DBA command examples. If you are a mySQL administrator, check-out our 15 examples of mysqladmin command article that we discussed a while back. 1. How to change PostgreSQL root user password ? [...]

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Similar to mySQL, postgreSQL is very famous and feature packed free and open source database. Earlier we’ve discussed several installations including LAMP stack installation, Apache2 installation from source, PHP5 installation from source and mySQL installation. In this article, let us review how to install postgreSQL database on Linux from source code. Step 1: Download postgreSQL [...]

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Oracle Database Startup and Shutdown Procedure

Photo courtesy of Rob Shenk For a DBA, starting up and shutting down of oracle database is a routine and basic operation. Sometimes Linux administrator or programmer may end-up doing some basic DBA operations on development database. So, it is important for non-DBAs to understand some basic database administration activities. In this article, let us [...]

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This is a guest post written by SathiyaMoorthy pg_dump is an effective tool to backup postgres database. It creates a *.sql file with CREATE TABLE, ALTER TABLE, and COPY SQL statements of source database. To restore these dumps psql command is enough. Using pg_dump, you can backup a local database and restore it on a [...]

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In all the 15 mysqladmin command-line examples below, tmppassword is used as the MySQL root user password. Please change this to your MySQL root password. 1. How to change the MySQL root user password? # mysqladmin -u root -ptmppassword password 'newpassword' # mysql -u root -pnewpassword Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; [...]

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