Creating a BLOB table

/*
mysql> Drop table Inventory;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)

mysql> CREATE TABLE Inventory
    -> (
    ->    ID SMALLINT UNSIGNED,
    ->    Name VARCHAR(40),
    ->    Photo BLOB,
    ->    Quantity INT UNSIGNED
    -> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.04 sec)

mysql> Describe Inventory;
+----------+----------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Field    | Type                 | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+----------+----------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| ID       | smallint(5) unsigned | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
| Name     | varchar(40)          | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
| Photo    | blob                 | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
| Quantity | int(10) unsigned     | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
+----------+----------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
4 rows in set (0.01 sec)


*/

Drop table Inventory;

CREATE TABLE Inventory
(
   ID SMALLINT UNSIGNED,
   Name VARCHAR(40),
   Photo BLOB,
   Quantity INT UNSIGNED
);

Describe Inventory;

Create a Calendar Table

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS time_dimension;
CREATE TABLE time_dimension (
        id                      INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,  -- year*10000+month*100+day
        db_date                 DATE NOT NULL,
        year                    INTEGER NOT NULL,
        month                   INTEGER NOT NULL, -- 1 to 12
        day                     INTEGER NOT NULL, -- 1 to 31
        quarter                 INTEGER NOT NULL, -- 1 to 4
        week                    INTEGER NOT NULL, -- 1 to 52/53
        day_name                VARCHAR(9) NOT NULL, -- 'Monday', 'Tuesday'...
        month_name              VARCHAR(9) NOT NULL, -- 'January', 'February'...
        holiday_flag            CHAR(1) DEFAULT 'f' CHECK (holiday_flag in ('t', 'f')),
        weekend_flag            CHAR(1) DEFAULT 'f' CHECK (weekday_flag in ('t', 'f')),
        event                   VARCHAR(50),
        UNIQUE td_ymd_idx (year,month,day),
        UNIQUE td_dbdate_idx (db_date)

) Engine=MyISAM;

DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS fill_date_dimension;
DELIMITER //
CREATE PROCEDURE fill_date_dimension(IN startdate DATE,IN stopdate DATE)
BEGIN
    DECLARE currentdate DATE;
    SET currentdate = startdate;
    WHILE currentdate < stopdate DO
        INSERT INTO time_dimension VALUES (
                        YEAR(currentdate)*10000+MONTH(currentdate)*100 + DAY(currentdate),
                        currentdate,
                        YEAR(currentdate),
                        MONTH(currentdate),
                        DAY(currentdate),
                        QUARTER(currentdate),
                        WEEKOFYEAR(currentdate),
                        DATE_FORMAT(currentdate,'%W'),
                        DATE_FORMAT(currentdate,'%M'),
                        'f',
                        CASE DAYOFWEEK(currentdate) WHEN 1 THEN 't' WHEN 7 then 't' ELSE 'f' END,
                        NULL);
        SET currentdate = ADDDATE(currentdate,INTERVAL 1 DAY);
    END WHILE;
END
//
DELIMITER ;

TRUNCATE TABLE time_dimension;

CALL fill_date_dimension('1-01-01','2015-01-01');
OPTIMIZE TABLE time_dimension;