CREATE DATABASE rails; USE rails; CREATE TABLE people ( id int(10) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment, name varchar(50) NOT NULL default '', street1 varchar(70) NOT NULL default '', street2 varchar(70) NOT NULL default '', city varchar(70) NOT NULL default '', state char(2) NOT NULL default '', zip varchar(10) NOT NULL default '', PRIMARY KEY (id), KEY name (name) ) TYPE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=2 ; INSERT INTO people VALUES (1, 'Superman', '123 Somewhere', '', 'Smallville', 'KS', '123456');