Obtaining the sampdb Sample Database Distribution

The sampdb distribution contains the files that are used to set up and access the sampdb sample database. It is available at the following address:

http://www.kitebird.com/mysql-book/

The sampdb distribution is available as either a compressed tar file or as a ZIP file. To unpack a distribution in tar format, use one of the following commands (use the second command if your version of tar doesn't understand the z option):

% tar zxf sampdb.tar.gz
% gunzip < sampdb.tar.gz | tar xf -

To unpack a ZIP-format distribution, use a utility such as WinZip, pkunzip, or unzip.

When you unpack the distribution, it will create a directory named sampdb that contains several files and subdirectories: