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/*mysql> Drop table employee; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) mysql> CREATE TABLE employee (     ->     id int unsigned not null auto_increment primary key,     ->     firstname varchar(20),     ->     lastname varchar(20),     ->     title varchar(30),     ->     age int,     ->     yearofservice int,     ->     salary int,     ->     perks int,     ->     email varchar(60)     -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.04 sec) mysql> Show tables; +-----------------+ | Tables_in_t     | +-----------------+ | bird            | | category        | | cloth           | | employee        | | event           | | exam            | | man             | | myusers         | | person          | | product         | | productcategory | | report          | | sales           | | shirt           | | student         | | timetable       | +-----------------+ 16 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> Describe employee; +---------------+------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ | Field         | Type             | Null | Key | Default | Extra          | +---------------+------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ | id            | int(10) unsigned |      | PRI | NULL    | auto_increment | | firstname     | varchar(20)      | YES  |     | NULL    |                | | lastname      | varchar(20)      | YES  |     | NULL    |                | | title         | varchar(30)      | YES  |     | NULL    |                | | age           | int(11)          | YES  |     | NULL    |                | | yearofservice | int(11)          | YES  |     | NULL    |                | | salary        | int(11)          | YES  |     | NULL    |                | | perks         | int(11)          | YES  |     | NULL    |                | | email         | varchar(60)      | YES  |     | NULL    |                | +---------------+------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ 9 rows in set (0.00 sec) */ Drop table employee; CREATE TABLE employee (     id int unsigned not null auto_increment primary key,     firstname varchar(20),     lastname varchar(20),     title varchar(30),     age int,     yearofservice int,     salary int,     perks int,     email varchar(60) );  Show tables; Describe employee;