This section describes how to use MySQL admin tool to check server status and other admin tasks.
If you want to know whether your MySQL server is alive, you can use the "mysqladmin"
program in a command window as shown in the following tutorial:
C:\>cd \local\mysql\bin
C:\local\mysql\bin>mysqladmin -u root ping
mysqld is alive
The "mysqld is alive" message tells you that your MySQL server is running ok.
If your MySQL server is not running, you will get a "connect ... failed" message.
You can also use "mysqladmin" program to check version number of your MySQL server
in a command window as shown in the following tutorial:
C:\>cd \local\mysql\bin
C:\local\mysql\bin>mysqladmin -u root version
\local\mysql\bin\mysqladmin Ver 8.41 Distrib 5.0.45, for Win32 on ia32
Copyright (C) 2000-2006 MySQL AB
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free
software, and you are welcome to modify and redistribute it under the
GPL license
Server version 5.0.45-community-nt
Protocol version 10
Connection localhost via TCP/IP
TCP port 3306
Uptime: 10 min 38 sec
Threads: 1 Questions: 2 Slow queries: 0 Opens: 12 Flush tables: 1
Open tables: 6 Queries per second avg: 0.003
The output in the above example tells you that the version number is 5.0.45.
If you want to know what else you can do with "mysqladmin", you should run the "-?" option:
C:\>cd \local\mysql\bin
C:\local\mysql\bin>mysqladmin -?
...
Administration program for the mysqld daemon.
Usage: \local\mysql\bin\mysqladmin [OPTIONS] command command....
-c, --count=# Number of iterations to make. This works with -i
(--sleep) only.
...
Where command is a one or more of: (Commands may be shortened)
create databasename Create a new database
debug Instruct server to write debug information
drop databasename Delete a database and all its tables
extended-status Gives an extended status message
flush-hosts Flush all cached hosts
flush-logs Flush all logs
flush-status Clear status variables
flush-tables Flush all tables
flush-threads Flush the thread cache
flush-privileges Reload grant tables (same as reload)
kill id,id,... Kill mysql threads
password new-password Change old password to new-password,
MySQL 4.1 hashing.
old-password new-password
Change old password to new-password
in old format.
ping Check if mysqld is alive
processlist Show list of active threads in server
reload Reload grant tables
refresh Flush all tables and close and open logfiles
shutdown Take server down
status Gives a short status message from the server
start-slave Start slave
stop-slave Stop slave
variables Prints variables available
version Get version info from server
