Some mySql specific issues
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You have to create a database before you start defining tables in it:
create database mydb;

to make it default database:
use mydb;

To see the syscatalog:
show tables;  ("select * from tab" in oracle).

How to Spool screen sessions:
>tee c:\path\myfile.txt

--- to stop spooling:
>notee

[note: you do not need the semicolon]