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Install Sakila database

This article shows how to download the Sakila database script and import it into the MySQL server.

Before installing the Sakila database, please install the MySQL server ?rst.

Download the Sakila database

You can download the Sakila sample database from
https://downloads.mysql.com/docs/sakila-db.zip.

Click the download link and a ?le in Zip format will be downloaded. The Zip ?le contains
three ?les: sakila-schema.sql, sakila-data.sql and sakila.mwb.

sakila-schema.sql: The ?le contains all CREATE statements to create the structure
of the Sakila database, including tables, views, stored procedures, functions and
triggers.

sakila-data.sql: The ?le contains all INSERT statements to insert data.

sakila.mwb: The ?le is a MySQL Workbench data model. You can open it in MySQL
Workbench to check the database structure.

Install Sakila database

Please follow the steps below to install the Sakila sample database:

1. Unzip the downloaded zip ?le to a temporary location, for example C:\temp\ or
:
 /tmp/. When you unzip the archive, it creates a folder named sakila-db that contains

sakila-schema.sql and sakila-data.sql ?les.

2. Use the mysql command line client and the following command to connect to the
MySQL server:

mysql -u root -p

Enter your password when prompted.

3. Execute sakila-schema.sql to create the database structure and execute sakila-

data.sql to insert the data into the database, by using the following command:

mysql> SOURCE C:/temp/sakila-db/sakila-schema.sql;

mysql> SOURCE C:/temp/sakila-db/sakila-data.sql;

Replace the paths to the sakila-schema.sql and sakila-data.sql ?les with the
actual paths on your system.

On Windows, use slashes rather than backslashes when executing the SOURCE
command.

4. Con?rm that the sample database is installed correctly. Execute the following
statement. You should see output similar to that shown here.

USE sakila;
:
 Output

Database changed

SHOW FULL TABLES;

Output
:
 +----------------------------+------------+
| Tables_in_sakila | Table_type |
+----------------------------+------------+
| actor | BASE TABLE |
| actor_info | VIEW |
| address | BASE TABLE |
| category | BASE TABLE |
| city | BASE TABLE |
| country | BASE TABLE |
| customer | BASE TABLE |
| customer_list | VIEW |
| film | BASE TABLE |
| film_actor | BASE TABLE |
| film_category | BASE TABLE |
| film_list | VIEW |
| film_text | BASE TABLE |
| inventory | BASE TABLE |
| language | BASE TABLE |
| nicer_but_slower_film_list | VIEW |
| payment | BASE TABLE |
| rental | BASE TABLE |
| sales_by_film_category | VIEW |
| sales_by_store | VIEW |
| staff | BASE TABLE |
| staff_list | VIEW |
| store | BASE TABLE |
+----------------------------+------------+
23 rows in set (0.01 sec)

SELECT COUNT(*) FROM film;

:
 Output

+----------+
| COUNT(*) |
+----------+
| 1000 |
+----------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

SELECT COUNT(*) FROM film_text;

Output

+----------+
| COUNT(*) |
+----------+
| 1000 |
+----------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

Sakila Database Structure →

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