This Is Your Brain On Informatics: MariaDB

mysql -u [username] -p

The above command will give access to the MariaDB for a username that has previously been created. The next line will prompt for a password.

SQL

The language of Maria DB.

Common Commands in SQL
Command*	Description
`[table]`	Syntax for indicating a table
USE [database]	Selects database for manipulation and analysis
SELECT	Selects columns from a database for analysis
FROM	Denotes which table SELECT pulls the columns from (e.g. SELECT [col1],[col2] FROM `[table]`
WHERE	Limits the available values SELECT can pull from each column based on a logical statement (e.g. WHERE [col1] < 10)
AS [var]	Sets an output to a variable
Boolean Operators
AND
OR
NOT
CREATE TABLE `[table]`	Creates a table of the given name with the properly input variable (see below)
BIGINT	64-bit integer
INT	32-bit integer
UNSIGNED	only allows positive integers or float values, always assigned after BIGINT or INT value
AUTO_INCREMENT	Automatically adds +1 to an entry for a column for each successive entry
PRIMARY KEY	Indicates which variable will differentiate each data entry
VARCHAR(#)	Assigns a character array variable of length #
CHAR	Assigns a character variable (allows ONLY 1 character)
DATE	Assigns a date variable of the form 00-00-0000
AVG()	Gives an average of the values in the indicated column
MAX()	Gives the maximum of the values in the indicated column
MIN()	Gives the minimum of the values in the indicated column
LIMIT #	Limits to the top # number of entries (not necessarily by rank)
CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE `[table]`	Creates a temporary table of the given name

*Commands are capitalized by convention.