Creating tables failed - mysql

Question

I have installed mySQL Server and created a user called ej_instance and has set password "password". Logged into server using below command
mysql -u ej_instance -p;
-- entered password
ej_instance has access to only ejabberd database. So I executed command like below
use ejabberd;
Then tried to execute commands like below
SET table_type=InnoDB;
CREATE TABLE users (
username varchar(250) PRIMARY KEY,
password text NOT NULL,
created_at timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
) CHARACTER SET utf8;
But it is throwing errors at me. Below are errors
ERROR 1193 (HY000): Unknown system variable 'table_type'
ERROR 1046 (3D000): No database selected
How can get this done? anything else to be changed?

Answer 1

Specify the engine type when creating the table, like this:
USE ejabberd;
CREATE TABLE users (
username varchar(250) PRIMARY KEY,
password text NOT NULL,
created_at timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
) CHARACTER SET utf8 ENGINE = INNODB;
If the use error still showing, check:
the database exists
the user ej_instance has privileges to access and create tables on the database
Loggin as root:
#check the database exists
SHOW DATABASES LIKE 'ejabberd';
#check user permissions
SHOW GRANTS FOR 'ej_instance'#'localhost';
SHOW GRANTS FOR 'ej_instance'#'%';
If don't have enough permissions:
#grant all permission on the user for the specified database
GRANT ALL ON ejabberd.* TO 'ej_instance'#'localhost';
GRANT ALL ON ejabberd.* TO 'ej_instance'#'%';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;