1. MySQL and PHPMyAdmin 1

2. Make sure your MySQL service is running
Make sure your MySQL service is running. If using XAMPP, open the control panel. If the button for MySQL says Start, click it to start the service. 2

3. Open PHPMyAdmin (PMA) by clicking the Admin button or by navigating a browser to 3

4. If needed, resolve the root having no password issue
If needed, resolve the root having no password issue. I followed Method 2 found at 4

5. Method 2 User='root' UPDATE mysql.user
SET mysql.user.Password=PASSWORD('secret')
WHERE mysql.user.User='root' 5

6. Restart
If you have changed the root user password in two places, then you may need to close the browser, stop the MySQL server, restart the server, and return to the Admin (PHPMyAdmin a.k.a. PMA) page
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7. Create a new database by clicking on the Databases tab7

8. Where it says Create database, enter a name and click on the Create button8

9. Check your new database and click on the Check Privileges link9

10. Under New click on the Add user link10

11. Enter a username, change host to localhost and enter a password (twice)11

12. Scroll down. Note the Grant all privileges on database “dbstatcapital” is pre-selected. Click Go.12

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14. Note there are ten columns.
This database will have a single table with state-capital data like that found at
Let us say that we will use the Abbr. column as the primary key that will uniquely identify each row/record.
Note there are ten columns. 14

15. Create a table to hold the data. Give it a name
Create a table to hold the data. Give it a name. Select a number of columns and click Go. 15

16. Start filling in the column names
Start filling in the column names. Make the Abbr the primary key under the Index drop-down. 16

17. Finish entering the columns. Enter appropriate types. Click Save.
At first I thought Year was the appropriate type for StateDate and CapitalDate. But the dates were too early to be easily accepted at years. 17

18. Result of saved file 18

19. Add data by going to the Import tab. Browse for the csv file provided
Add data by going to the Import tab. Browse for the csv file provided. Choose CSV from the format dropdown. Scroll down and click Go.
Changed automatically for me 19

20. Result of import 20

21. Looking at results in Browse tab.21