Another mysql server is already running error on OS X - mysql

I have installed XAMPP on OS X and I want to start MySQL but it's giving an error:
XAMPP's MySQL can not start while another mysql server is running. Please turn it off and try again.
How can I handle this?

Maybe you should turn off the other MySQL server and try again.
You could open activity monitor (for example, open spotlight (command-space) and enter "activity monitor", hit enter), then type mysql in the search field, select the MySQL server process, and hit the 'x' in the upper left to terminate it.
Otherwise you will need to investigate why a MySQL server is already running.

It is not possible to start a MySQL server through XAMPP when you have a MySQL server that is already running in the local machine.To start the MySQL server through XAMPP, you have to stop the server running in local machine.

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MySQL Workbench Server startup

I am having trouble starting up a server through MySQL Workbench. From the navigator pane on the left side of Instance -> Start/Shutdown, I tried the "Start Server" button at which point the server will look like it will try to start. The workbench will get hung up at this point and indefinitely not respond with a "thinking" mouse icon while in the workbench app.
This is my first time learning to use MySQL workbench, which I want to say that when I initially installed MySQL Workbench a server did start after installation and worked fine. It was after restarting my computer and checking on the workbench the next day (today) that the server no longer runs. I'm not seeing any MySQL references in my Services (services.msc) that might relate to starting up but that might also be because I did not install as a Windows Service. My original troubleshooting was in trying to establish a connection, which I realized it was because the server wasn't running. Could someone help me understand why the server isn't starting? Or would it be recommended to install the workbench as a Windows Service to avoid the issue I'm having?
Screenshot of the MySQL Workbench window where the application will get hung up when starting the server.
Current setup: Personal workstation, Windows 10 (64 bit), MySQL Workbench 8.0 (version 8.0.29 build 1751076 CE 64 bits). I do not plan on running the server 24/7 since this is my personal workstation.
Right-click on My Computer
Select Manage
Select Services under Servies and applications
Find MySQL among the services and open it.
Choose Automatic as a start option.
Click on start.
Press Apply & OK then exit.
It is not necessary, but I still recommend restarting PC.
The solution below fixed my issue. I definitely recommend installing MySQL Server as a windows service and making sure uncheck mark the box that says to start when Windows starts unless you plan to have your computer as a dedicated server.
Source from #Lazycoder_007
This solution uses the window's mysql installer which you have used to
install your MySQL.
Start your windows mysql installer. For me it was
"mysql-installer-community-8.0.20.0"
Then remove/uninstall the SQL
Server and remove all configurations
Manually delete the SQL Server
folder from "C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0."
Start your
mysql installer again and install the SQL Server again
You can check
now that the MySqL Server has started.

Why is mysql running when i am not using it?

I have used mySQL for a project in the past, and haven't used it for months. However, when i check my task manager 'mysql' is using about 100MB of RAM. This happens every times i reboot. Why is my sql running, or using memory when i don't need it. Is a server running in the background that i have to disable? For context i was using my SQL Workbench 8.0 when working on my project.
Open a command prompt window cmd.exe
Stop MySQL service: net stop mysql57 (or net stop mysql)
Go to your mysql server installation path, in my case: cd "C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\bin\"
Execute mysqld.exe --remove
This will remove the MySQL Service.
Note that You may need an elevated command line prompt, for that press WIN-X select Command Prompt (Admin)
Yes, MySQL Server service would be constantly running in the background, if (because) this service's startup type was set on an "automatic start when computer starts" mode during the installation of MySQL Workbench. The comment by #Alejandro offers the finest explanation.
(below steps I had tried for MySQL 8.0.30 version, however shall work with nearby versions as well; as steps to stop the service might be generic.)
In Windows 10, to stop the MySQL Server's service, OR, change the startup-type setting of MySQL Server.
Open Windows Services panel via the Start menu, OR, Win+R -> type services.msc, do Enter.
Different Windows OS's services would be listed here, alphabetically.
Find the MySQL Service. For MySQL 8 versions, it's often by default name - MySQL80, unless you had named it by a custom name during installation.
Click STOP, to stop the service.
On the other hand, you may choose your desired Startup type. By default, you'll find it on Automatic type.
If you want to keep Manual type, make sure to start the service by coming at this Services wizard, before using MySQL Workbench. Otherwise, the workbench won't be able to recognize/find the server.
While installing the MYSQL Server, this check box is by default checked (shown in the picture). If you uncheck this, then you need to start your MYSQL Server manually.

mysql don't connect without running XAMPP mysql

I downloaded XAMPP before to create database of my application with it but when I tried to delete it and use mysql server it didn't connect to server till I downloaded XAMPP again and connect to mysql in XAMPP so mysql server connect successfully, now I want to use mysql server without XAMPP what can I do for that ?
You need to download MySql and run the same as a service.
Download it from here https://www.mysql.com/downloads.
Now after installing it, you can run Mysql as service just by following the below steps:
Press windows + R.
Write services.msc
Find the mysql service in the popup and select the same.
On selecting it, you can see few options appearing on the left panel. Click no start service.
You will be able to connect to mysql then.

Mysql workbench loses connection after restarting computer

I have installed Mysql server and mysql workbench and have successfully used mysql workbench to work with my databases. I used it and have since then closed the program and shut off my computer. Now when I click on my connection, it shows a server status screen and says 'no connection'. I get error message 10061 could not connect server may not be running. This is the second time this happened to me and I find that reinstalling mysql fixes this. The problem is I cannot reinstall every time I need to use mysql workbench. What can I do to solve this?

MySQL Workbench incompatible/nonstandard server

I am new to using MySQL and I needed to download it for school, however, I keep getting this error message (picture below). I am using xampp and connecting using the username root. the port also matches what it is telling me. It will let me proceed but a lot of the features are missing. Any help at all would be appreciated.
Incompatible/nonstandard server version or connection protocol
detected (10.0.10).
A connection to this database can be established but some MySQL
Workbench features may not work properly since the database is not
fully compatible with the supported versions of MySQL.
MySQL Workbench is developed and tested for MySQL Server versions 5.1,
5.5, 5.6 and 5.7
As I can see, You are using latest XAMPP.
All you need to do is, after opening MySQL Workbench, and instead of setting up a new connection, Press CTRL+R or click on DATABASE tab in the top menu. Select Reverse Engineer and provide necessary information. You are good to go now.
The MySql workbench wont crash or show any compatibility issue now.
The current version of XAMPP uses MariaDB instead of MySQL.
Because MySQL Workbench is designed to work with MySQL and not with the very similar drop in replacement MariaDB, you are gonna have problems ...
So, if you want to use MySQL Workbench with XAMPP then a solution would be to try installing the last version of XAMPP that uses MySQL. That version is probably 1.8.3 from (August of 2014?). You can download it here:
XAMPP Sourceforge old versions
If you are using the latest XAMPP that uses MariaDB, in that case in your MySQL Workbench don't use 'Connect to Database' instead use 'Reverse Engineer' and provide the necessary credentials. That's all, No hassle.
I encounter the same message followed by a crash of MySQL Workbench, with version 6.3.7 (build 1199).
I didn't find a solution, but here is a work-around:
Once you press the button Continue anyway, just open a database use toto, and then wait a bit (a minute is enough in my case), and then you can call a query without a crash. I found this trick here.
I experimented the same with WAMP 3.2.0.
MariaDB was configured to listen to port 3306 (the usal MySQL port) and MySQL 8 was listening on port 3308. If you are in this case, don't be fooled by the fact you have 2 DBs.
To solve this, you have to choose the DB you want. I wanted MySQL and I just ask MySQLWorkBench to open a connection on port 3308 to MySQL.
You can ditch MySQL Workbench, and use the browser made for the MariaDB, they have a free version here: https://www.upscene.com/downloads/dbw
It's limited in its abilities, but I had no troubles connecting and browsing.
I had the similar problem because i was using Denwer at the same time.
To solve the problem:
Stop Denwer
Restart MySQL server
Profit! Now you can open your database in the Workbench
The idea is that denwer was starting its local server which didnt allow MySQL to start normally.
If you want to use denwer at the same time wth MySQL you can just start it after MySQL (Point 4).
In my case I already had MySql server and workbench installed and setup prior to my XAMPP installation. I wanted to continue with my existing setup.
I also installed MySql server with my XAMPP. I started mysql inside XAMPP and when I connected to MySql Workbench, I encountered the same error. Because Workbench was trying to connect with the server which was installed with XAMPP, apparently this was incompatible.
So I stopped mysql in XAMPP and started started mysql server manually(the previous setup and installed server).
Refer this to know how to start mysql manually in windows.
You can also config XAMPP to use your existing SqlServer.
So I had the same problem. For me none of the methods worked, but then I found out that my MariaDB was occupying the same port, so I uninstalled it and that solved the problem.
i had same issue, i changed the mysql server port from 3306 to 3308 in XAMPP config file.
[mysqld]
port=3308