MySQL Command Line Client Tool

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∟MySQL Command Line Client Tool

A tutorial example on how to use the MySQL Command Line Client Tool to connect to MySQL Server. The example also includes SQL commands to create a new test database/table and insert some data to the table.

What Is MySQL Command Line Client Tool? MySQL Command Line Client Tool allows to connect to MySQL server and run SQL commands interactive from a command line window.

MySQL Command Line Client Tool is included in the "Full" installation using MySQL Installer.

You can start MySQL Command Line Client Tool from the "C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\bin\mysql.exe" command.

Make sure MySQL server is running and try the following commands to play with MySQL Command Line Client Tool:

herong> "\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\bin\mysql" \
   --user=root --password=TopSecret

Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 18
Server version: 8.0.16 MySQL Community Server - GPL

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owners.

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input
statement.

mysql> show databases;
+--------------------+
| Database           |
+--------------------+
| information_schema |
| mysql              |
| performance_schema |
| sakila             |
| sys                |
| world              |
+--------------------+
6 rows in set (0.07 sec)

mysql> create database test;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.01 sec)

mysql> use test;
Database changed

mysql> create table hello (message varchar(80));
Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.24 sec)

mysql> insert into hello (message) value ('Hello world!');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.31 sec)

mysql> select * from hello;
+--------------+
| message      |
+--------------+
| Hello world! |
+--------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> drop table hello;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.97 sec)

mysql> quit;
Bye