DROP TABLE IF EXISTS states;
CREATE TABLE states
(
id SMALLINT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT comment 'PK: Unique state ID',
state VARCHAR(32) NOT NULL comment 'State name with first letter capital',
state_abbr VARCHAR(8) comment 'Optional state abbreviation (US is 2 capital letters)',
PRIMARY KEY (id)
);


INSERT INTO states (state, state_abbr) VALUES
('Alabama', 'AL'),
('Alaska', 'AK'),
('Arizona', 'AZ'),
('Arkansas', 'AR'),
('California', 'CA'),
('Colorado', 'CO'),
('Connecticut', 'CT'),
('Delaware', 'DE'),
('District of Columbia', 'DC'),
('Florida', 'FL'),
('Georgia', 'GA'),
('Hawaii', 'HI'),
('Idaho', 'ID'),
('Illinois', 'IL'),
('Indiana', 'IN'),
('Iowa', 'IA'),
('Kansas', 'KS'),
('Kentucky', 'KY'),
('Louisiana', 'LA'),
('Maine', 'ME'),
('Maryland', 'MD'),
('Massachusetts', 'MA'),
('Michigan', 'MI'),
('Minnesota', 'MN'),
('Mississippi', 'MS'),
('Missouri', 'MO'),
('Montana', 'MT'),
('Nebraska', 'NE'),
('Nevada', 'NV'),
('New Hampshire', 'NH'),
('New Jersey', 'NJ'),
('New Mexico', 'NM'),
('New York', 'NY'),
('North Carolina', 'NC'),
('North Dakota', 'ND'),
('Ohio', 'OH'),
('Oklahoma', 'OK'),
('Oregon', 'OR'),
('Pennsylvania', 'PA'),
('Rhode Island', 'RI'),
('South Carolina', 'SC'),
('South Dakota', 'SD'),
('Tennessee', 'TN'),
('Texas', 'TX'),
('Utah', 'UT'),
('Vermont', 'VT'),
('Virginia', 'VA'),
('Washington', 'WA'),
('West Virginia', 'WV'),
('Wisconsin', 'WI'),
('Wyoming', 'WY')
;