“Of course, manipulating your database by hand, whether on the
command line or with a graphical program, probably should be
avoided in many cases in favor of using an automated front end?for
example, a PHP content management front end for the database that
contains the content for your company Web site. However, for those
times when you do need to dive in and tweak something manually, or
for small projects that don’t justify the time or expense of a
custom front end, there is no need to be afraid of using the
command-line client of your chosen database.
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