MySQL: "CREATE DATABASE" results in MySQL Error Code: 1064 - mysql

Question

I recently bought this book called "SQL Queries for Mere Mortals (3rd Edition" to study SQL. It came with MySQL scripts that they said I could run and have example databases to work with and follow along with the book. However, some of the scripts are resulting in an error message. Here is one example script that will not work:
CREATE DATABASE EntertainmentAgencyModify;
USE EntertainmentAgencyModify;
CREATE TABLE Agents (
AgentID int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
AgtFirstName nvarchar (25) NULL ,
AgtLastName nvarchar (25) NULL ,
AgtStreetAddress nvarchar (50) NULL ,
AgtCity nvarchar (30) NULL ,
AgtState nvarchar (2) NULL ,
AgtZipCode nvarchar (10) NULL ,
AgtPhoneNumber nvarchar (15) NULL ,
DateHired date NULL ,
Salary decimal(15, 2) NULL DEFAULT 0 ,
CommissionRate float(24) NULL
);
CREATE TABLE Customers (
CustomerID int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
CustFirstName nvarchar (25) NULL ,
CustLastName nvarchar (25) NULL ,
CustStreetAddress nvarchar (50) NULL ,
CustCity nvarchar (30) NULL ,
CustState nvarchar (2) NULL ,
CustZipCode nvarchar (10) NULL ,
CustPhoneNumber nvarchar (15) NULL
);
CREATE TABLE Engagements (
EngagementNumber int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
StartDate date NULL ,
EndDate date NULL ,
StartTime time NULL ,
StopTime time NULL ,
ContractPrice decimal(15,2) NULL DEFAULT 0 ,
CustomerID int NULL DEFAULT 0 ,
AgentID int NULL DEFAULT 0 ,
EntertainerID int NULL DEFAULT 0
);
CREATE TABLE Engagements_Archive (
EngagementNumber int NOT NULL ,
StartDate date NULL ,
EndDate date NULL ,
StartTime time NULL ,
StopTime time NULL ,
ContractPrice decimal(15,2) NULL ,
CustomerID int NULL ,
AgentID int NULL ,
EntertainerID int NULL
);
CREATE TABLE Entertainer_Members (
EntertainerID int NOT NULL ,
MemberID int NOT NULL DEFAULT 0 ,
Status smallint NULL DEFAULT 0
);
CREATE TABLE Entertainer_Styles (
EntertainerID int NOT NULL ,
StyleID int NOT NULL DEFAULT 0
);
CREATE TABLE Entertainers (
EntertainerID int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
EntStageName nvarchar (50) NULL ,
EntSSN nvarchar (12) NULL ,
EntStreetAddress nvarchar (50) NULL ,
EntCity nvarchar (30) NULL ,
EntState nvarchar (2) NULL ,
EntZipCode nvarchar (10) NULL ,
EntPhoneNumber nvarchar (15) NULL ,
EntWebPage nvarchar (50) NULL ,
EntEMailAddress nvarchar (50) NULL ,
DateEntered date NULL ,
EntPricePerDay decimal(15,2) NULL
);
CREATE TABLE Members (
MemberID int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
MbrFirstName nvarchar (25) NULL ,
MbrLastName nvarchar (25) NULL ,
MbrPhoneNumber nvarchar (15) NULL ,
Gender nvarchar (2) NULL
);
CREATE TABLE Musical_Preferences (
CustomerID int NOT NULL DEFAULT 0 ,
StyleID int NOT NULL DEFAULT 0
);
CREATE TABLE Musical_Styles (
StyleID int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
StyleName nvarchar (75) NULL
);
CREATE INDEX AgtZipCode ON Agents(AgtZipCode);
CREATE INDEX CustZipCode ON Customers(CustZipCode);
CREATE INDEX AgentsEngagements ON Engagements(AgentID);
CREATE INDEX CustomerID ON Engagements(CustomerID);
CREATE INDEX EmployeeID ON Engagements(AgentID);
CREATE INDEX EntertainerID ON Engagements(EntertainerID);
ALTER TABLE Engagements_Archive
ADD CONSTRAINT Engagements_Archive_PK PRIMARY KEY
(
EngagementNumber
);
CREATE INDEX CustomerID ON Engagements_Archive(CustomerID);
CREATE INDEX EmployeeID ON Engagements_Archive(AgentID);
CREATE INDEX EntertainerID ON Engagements_Archive(EntertainerID);
ALTER TABLE Entertainer_Members
ADD CONSTRAINT Entertainer_Members_PK PRIMARY KEY
(
EntertainerID,
MemberID
);
CREATE INDEX EntertainersEntertainer_Members ON Entertainer_Members(EntertainerID);
CREATE INDEX MembersEntertainer_Members ON Entertainer_Members(MemberID);
ALTER TABLE Entertainer_Styles
ADD CONSTRAINT Entertainer_Styles_PK PRIMARY KEY
(
EntertainerID,
StyleID
);
CREATE INDEX EntertainersEntertainer_Styles ON Entertainer_Styles(EntertainerID);
CREATE INDEX Musical_StylesEntertainer_Styles ON Entertainer_Styles(StyleID);
CREATE INDEX EntZipCode ON Entertainers(EntZipCode);
ALTER TABLE Musical_Preferences
ADD CONSTRAINT Musical_Preferences_PK PRIMARY KEY
(
CustomerID,
StyleID
);
CREATE INDEX CustomerID ON Musical_Preferences(CustomerID);
CREATE INDEX StyleID ON Musical_Preferences(StyleID);
ALTER TABLE Engagements
ADD CONSTRAINT Engagements_FK00 FOREIGN KEY
(
AgentID
) REFERENCES Agents (
AgentID
),
ADD CONSTRAINT Engagements_FK01 FOREIGN KEY
(
CustomerID
) REFERENCES Customers (
CustomerID
),
ADD CONSTRAINT Engagements_FK02 FOREIGN KEY
(
EntertainerID
) REFERENCES Entertainers (
EntertainerID
);
ALTER TABLE Entertainer_Members
ADD CONSTRAINT Entertainer_Members_FK00 FOREIGN KEY
(
EntertainerID
) REFERENCES Entertainers (
EntertainerID
),
ADD CONSTRAINT Entertainer_Members_FK01 FOREIGN KEY
(
MemberID
) REFERENCES Members (
MemberID
);
ALTER TABLE Entertainer_Styles
ADD CONSTRAINT Entertainer_Styles_FK00 FOREIGN KEY
(
EntertainerID
) REFERENCES Entertainers (
EntertainerID
) ON DELETE CASCADE,
ADD CONSTRAINT Entertainer_Styles_FK01 FOREIGN KEY
(
StyleID
) REFERENCES Musical_Styles
(
StyleID
);
ALTER TABLE Musical_Preferences
ADD CONSTRAINT Musical_Preferences_FK00 FOREIGN KEY
(
CustomerID
) REFERENCES Customers (
CustomerID
) ON DELETE CASCADE,
ADD CONSTRAINT Musical_Preferences_FK01 FOREIGN KEY
(
StyleID
) REFERENCES Musical_Styles (
StyleID
);
Running this script results in the following error message:
16:33:35 CREATE DATABASE EntertainmentAgencyModify Error Code: 1064.
You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that
corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use
near 'CREATE DATABASE EntertainmentAgencyModify' at line 1 0.00041
sec
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I have tried running other scripts that came with the book that also starts with "CREATE DATABASE" and some of them ran smoothly without any errors, so I'm confused as to why I'm getting this error message. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks all!

Answer 1

Note that since this script has a "CREATE DATABASE" at the top it will fail if that database already exists. That also means that if it works partially and you run it again, it;ll fail completely the next time. "CREATE DATABASE" is a pretty big hammer, so you probably don't want to get into the habit of doing it a lot. But, having said that, here's an even bigger hammer; add
DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS EntertainmentAgencyModify;
in front of the CREATE and similarly for the others. When you have real data, you, of course, never want to use either of these.

Answer 2

Can you try running the following just by typing it in your mysql console:
CREATE DATABASE EntertainmentAgencyModify;
It should simply work, or at least tell you something more then a syntax error.

Answer 3

The code executes fine. May be its a problem with your MySql.
Try to install a new MySql. :)
https://www.mysql.com/downloads/

Answer 4

Thanks everyone! I have no idea why this works, but I found a solution. I had to simply delete "CREATE " from the first line of the script and re-type it. Then it worked. If anyone has any idea why this seemingly irrelevant solution worked, I'd love to know. Thanks everyone for your help!