Hi I have installed MySQL from oracle website, but did not get a "MySQL Command Line" option under MySQL in Programs menu.
So I looked up on this site how to execute sql queries from DOS command prompt.
I found an answer on this site that advised to type in something like: sql root u- p- etc. but this does not work.
Can anyone advise me the syntax to use to go into sql from DOS, or direct me to the answer described above (I cannot locate it)
I use Windows 7 and downloaded the ODBC driver, too.
Many thanks.
Unless MySQL's bin directory is in your PATH variable, you will need to either be in the directory, or write an absolute path to it to execute.
Try something like this (depending on your installation):
cd "C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\bin"
mysql -uroot
Alternatively, you could type this directly:
"C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\bin\mysql.exe" -uroot
cd/
cd wamp
cd bin
cd mysql
cd mysql5.0.51b
#################################
note use your own version of mysql, mine is 5.0.51b
########################################
cd bin
mysql -h localhost -u root -p
////////////////////////////////
note -p that is if u use a password
////////////////////////////////////////
after this line of codes you have this
welcome note telling you the server version of mysql and your connection id
If you navigate to the bin directory of the program you just installed then type "mysql.exe"
Have a look at this guide if you get stuck with the commands
Determine the path of your MySQL installation, and add it to PATH environment variable.
SET PATH=%PATH%;C:\MySQL\bin
The above example assumes MySQL to be installed in C:\MySQL directory.
Once path is set, then you can directly execute
mysql -u root
Which logs into MySQL as root user. The -p flag can be used if password is required
It is required to execute SET PATH every time, hence you may make a batch file.
Related
I have installed mysql in /usr/local/ directory. But when I try to use the server by typing mysql -u root it says '/usr/local/bin/mysql: No such file or directory'. I could understand that it looks in a different directory. But how to change it? Or should I have to install mysql in that directory? In which case, mysql installer does not allow me to change the directory as well.
When you type a command name without a path on a Unix-like shell, the shell looks for something of that name in every directory listed in your $PATH environment variable, in order.
You can see the contents of that with
echo $PATH
They are colon-separated.
If you want to add another directory to it (such as /usr/local/bin, which you'd need in this case), have a look at this question or this one. You could also just run that binary directly by running /usr/local/bin/mysql -u root.
But this is nothing to do with the title of your question. To answer that, see the man page of mysql, which says:
· --user=user_name, -u user_name
The MySQL user name to use when connecting to the server
In other words, that is setting the user to be root, for purposes of authenticating with the database server. Note that this doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the root Unix user.
Friends, I have kept on tying and trying to restore a mysql database from a backup I created with mysqldump. I have been using this code (run in a command prompt Win XP and Win 7)
"C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\mysql --user=root --password=password --host= localhost --port= 3306 --database=dbname < C:/Backup/dbname.sql"
I get "The filename, directory name, or volume lable syntax is incorrect" error messsage. I have googled for this error to no avail as to do with mysql.
*My mysql server is up and running with no problem. (Even the mysqldump command works)
*Problem is the same even if I open the command prompt from C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\mysql
*I have tried to remove "", did not help.
*I have tried to use back slashes () instead of (/), did not help.
For this one, I will really appreciate any help. What is the problem here? what is this filename,directory name.... syntax error?
Thank you.
I think this is because you have quoted the whole command when you only need to quote the program name because there is a space in the path
Also the path for the backup file looks like it has "/" in place of "\"
Should be more like (assuming the options are correct:
"C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\mysql.exe" --user=root --password=password --host= localhost --port=3306 --database=dbname < C:\Backup\dbname.sql
You can quit the file you're trying to execute from the command line and instead log in in MySQL and once inside do:
source C:/Backup/dbname.sql
Open Command Prompt and type this
cd C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\bin
Press Enter
or,
Directly open this directory "C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\bin" and Press LEFT SHIFT KEY from keyboard and RIGHT CLICK on the Directory Window.
Type this
mysql -u root -p12345 -h localhost ""DATABASE_NAME"" < e:\tmp.sql
It will work 100% correctly
I can successfully connect to MySQL from a DOS prompt, but when I try to connect from cygwin, it just hangs.
$/cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/MySQL/MySQL\ Server\ 5.1/bin/mysql -u root -p
What's wrong?
I just came across this, and when I read someone's mention of it being a windows/DOS command that you run in cygwin I did a which mysql and that gave me:
$ which mysql
/cygdrive/c/Program Files/MySQL/MySQL Server 5.5/bin/mysql
So I ran the cygwin Setup.exe searched for "mysql" and installed the latest "mysql client". Now which mysql looks like:
$ which mysql
/usr/bin/mysql
And the MySQL command works in cygwin :)
Though it's an old question, it would be nice to have the actual answer here, as people (like myself) might still stumble across it.
If your attempts to run the MySQL client from Cygwin return the following error:
$ mysql -u root -p
Enter password:
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysql.sock' (2)
Then you can fix it by adding the explicit -h 127.0.0.1 options to the command line, as in:
$ mysql -u root -p -h 127.0.0.1
Updates based on comments:
To avoid specifying -h 127.0.0.1 on the command line every time you connect, you can add:
[client]
host=127.0.0.1
to the file /etc/my.cnf
On some installations of Cygwin, specifying the host with -h might not be enough. If so, try also specifying:
--protocol=tcp
or add
protocol=tcp
to the config file.
Assuming that you have a native Windows build of MySQL, there is a terminal emulation incompatibility between DOS (command prompt) windows and bash. The prompt for mysql isn't showing up.
To confirm this, type a command and return - it will probably work, but the prompt and the echo of the command (what you're typing) is getting lost.
There may be a workaround in either the CYGWIN sytem properties or in bash, but I've never taken the time to work this one out.
Other answers lack the following key detail:
Cygwin has two shells:
Default: c:\cygwin\bin\mintty.exe
Basic: c:\cygwin\Cygwin.bat (which launches c:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe)
The Win32 MySQL can write properly to #2, but not #1, because Win32 MySQL cannot probe stdin properly (thanks #PeterNore)
Want to know if you're using Win32 MySQL? Use which, e.g.
$ which mysql
/cygdrive/c/Program Files/MySQL/MySQL Server 5.1/bin/mysql
Bonus: Cygwin guide to overcoming path problems (thanks #Dustin)
I posted a solution/workaround here:
enter key sometimes not recognized in windows apps under cygwin
Run bash from the cmd.exe executable and then mysql will work inside bash.
Create a shortcut for cmd.exe on your desktop.
Open up the properties for the shortcut and change the startup directory to the cygwin bin directory (usually C:\cygwin\bin).
Add "/c bash.exe" to the end of the command in the target parameter.
This will run bash under the windows cmd.exe environment and when you attempt to run mysql it will execute as you would expect. This is working under windows 7 but has not been tested in any other version.
Put cygwin bin directory in path env variable.
Use command window by running cmd
Run bash -l in cmd window
Then MySQL can be run without problem.
Svend Hansen's answer is the right one:
Install windows mysql server files (from mysql-5.5.25-win32.msi for example)
Install Cygwin mysql client with cygwin installer (setup.exe)
Connect to your server in a cygwin window using cygwin client "mysql -u[user] -p[Password] -h[host]", in my case "mysql -uroot -pXXXX -h127.0.0.1"
I think that when the question was posted, the cygwin setup did not provide mysql components, which is solved now.
Althoug Svend Hansen answer has some points, another thing is the PATH in Environment variables - if the path to mysql is before that of cygwin
which mysql
will show
/cygdrive/c/Program Files/MySQL/MySQL Server 5.5/bin/mysql
otherwise it will show the cygwin client.
As reference Wikipedia says:
Some programs may add their directory to the front of the PATH
variable's content during installation, to speed up the search process
and/or override OS commands.
Download Cygwin
Install mysql client app
create an alias in .bashrc file
alias mysql='mysql -h 127.0.0.1'
execute source .bashrc
Now you can connect to mysql
mysql -u user -p
I have created a semi-fix for this that satisfies me.
I ran cygwin.bat in cmd.exe, then typing mysql in- everything worked fine.
I realized right there that the problem was mintty.
Easy solution? Download Console2, and under settings you can point
it to the cygwin shell. Restart Console2, run mysql and the output
appears.
This is advantageous anyways, because Console2 has a more robust interface/customization than Mintty. I really like the transparency and color mapping options.
Do This:
just copy ur mysql.exe from C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\bin
paste this mysql.exe in C:\cygwin\usr\local\bin
now run which mysql, It will
Disclaimer: The following solved this issue for me under MinTTY on MinGW/MSYS. From research, I believe this same root cause affects Cygwin as well.
Answer is posted here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/23164362/1034436
In a nutshell, you'll need to prepend your mysql command with winpty's console.exe (or have aliases that does so). This solution worked with native Windows MySQL executables and not a special cygwin/mingw build. You do, however, have to compile winpty, but that was simple and painless, and worked as per their documentation for me.
Note: This also solved my issue with several other native Windows console applications, namely Python and Mercurial with OpenSSH.
Reinstall cygwin and during reinstallation search for mysql in packages, install the mysql client and then it would work fine.
Found this question today 2018-03-18 looking for some answers to
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysql.sock' (2 "No such file or directory")
The file /etc/my.conf references config files in /etc/my.cnf.d
I added this to /etc/my.cnf.d/client.cnf:
[client]
host=127.0.0.1
protocol=tcp
After that I was able to access the local windows MySQL instance from a cygwin terminal using mysql -u root -p
Whenever I try to start MySQL by typing
> mysql -u root
I get the error
ERROR 2003(HY000): Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061)
How can I solve the problem above? I just downloaded MySQL and unzipped it in the E: drive. I have not done anything else. Do I have to make a connection first? If so, how can I do that?
Here is the ZIP file that I had downloaded: mysql-5.7.15-winx64.zip
Here are the steps to start MYSQL Server (mysql-5.7.15-winx64) for the first time on Windows:
Create a new folder named "data" in MYSQL installation directory (i.e. in the same location as where "bin" directory is located. For me it is: C:\programs\mysql-5.7.15-winx64\mysql-5.7.15-winx64. This location will vary as per the location where you have extracted the MYSQL zip file)
From here I will use my MYSQL folder location as reference. Go to: C:\programs\mysql-5.7.15-winx64\mysql-5.7.15-winx64\bin and execute the command: mysqld --initialize-insecure or mysqld --initialize depending on whether you want the server to generate a random initial password for the 'root'#'localhost' account.
To start the DB, go to: C:\programs\mysql-5.7.15-winx64\mysql-5.7.15-winx64\bin and execute mysqld --console You can see the start-up logs being printed.
To connect to DB, go to: C:\programs\mysql-5.7.15-winx64\mysql-5.7.15-winx64\bin and execute mysql -u root -p. When prompted, Enter password if it has been set or else just hit "Enter" button to connect
The MySQL server can be started manually from the command line. This can be done on any version of Windows.
To start the mysqld server from the command line, you should start a console window (or “DOS window”) and enter this command:
shell> "C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin\mysqld"
The path to mysqld may vary depending on the install location of MySQL on your system.
You can stop the MySQL server by executing this command:
shell> "C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin\mysqladmin" -u root shutdown
**Note : **
If the MySQL root user account has a password, you need to invoke mysqladmin with the -p option and supply the password when prompted.
This command invokes the MySQL administrative utility mysqladmin to connect to the server and tell it to shut down. The command connects as the MySQL root user, which is the default administrative account in the MySQL grant system. Note that users in the MySQL grant system are wholly independent from any login users under Windows.
If mysqld doesn't start, check the error log to see whether the server wrote any messages there to indicate the cause of the problem. The error log is located in the C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\data directory. It is the file with a suffix of .err. You can also try to start the server as mysqld --console; in this case, you may get some useful information on the screen that may help solve the problem.
The last option is to start mysqld with the --standalone and --debug options. In this case, mysqld writes a log file C:\mysqld.trace that should contain the reason why mysqld doesn't start. See MySQL Internals: Porting to Other Systems.
Via MySQL Official Page
If the command prompt does not work in Windows, try the following:
1) Open services in Windows.
2) Then check the status for Mysql and if you found status nothing or blank then start the mysql service.
3) After then see whether the mysql is start or not .If it shows started then try to check mysql working.
It has worked for me when cmd commands were not working.
Run the command prompt as admin and cd to bin directory of MySQL
Generally it is (C:\Program Files\MySQL\mysql-5.6.36-winx64\bin)
Run command : mysqld --install. (This command will install MySQL services and if services already installed it will prompt.)
Run below commands to start and stop server
To start : net start mysql
To stop : net stop mysql
Run mysql command.
Enjoy !!
maybe
E:\mysql-5.1.39-win32\bin>mysql -u root -p
Type
C:\> "C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\bin\mysqld" --console
to start the sql server and then test the client connection.
I was using MySQL Server 5.5 as a result I was missing the folder which majority of the answers made mention of in the bin folder. What I did instead was the following:
Open Explorer and make your way to C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\bin or your MySQL installation directory.
Run the executable application MySQLInstanceConfig and follow the images below.
This solved my issue and I was able to access the database without any errors.
Start mysql server by command prompt
C:> "C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\bin\mysqld" --console
Or alternative reach up to bin then
mysqld --console
It will start your server.
If you have mysql command line client available
click on it
it show enter your password :
Please enter your password.
Then you can access it.
You also need to configure and start the MySQL server. This will probably help
I tried following steps to run mysql server 5.6 on my windows 8.
Run command prompt as an administrator
go mysql server 5.6 installation directory (in my case: C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.6\bin) copy that location
In Command prompt run "cd C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.6\bin"
run "mysql -u root"
You need to run the server first. The command you use (in the question) starts a client to connect to the server but the server is not there so there the error.
Since I am not a Windows user (Linux comes equipped) so I might not be the best person to tell you how but I can point to you to a guide and another guide that show you how to get MySQL server up and running in Windows.
After you get that running, you can use the command (in the question) to connect it.
NOTE: You may also try http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html if you plan to use MySQL for web database development.
Hope this helps.
The error complains about localhost rather than permissions and the current practice in MySQL is to have a bind-address specifying localhost only in a configuration file.
So I don't think it's a password problem - except that you say you 'unzipped' MySQL.
Is that enough installation? What did you download?
Was there any installation step which allowed you to define a root password?
And, as NawaMan said, is the server running?
first thing you need to do is to start the mysql
for that you can use
E:\mysql-5.1.39-win32\bin>net start mysql (only when there a mysql running as service)
then you can execute
E:\mysql-5.1.39-win32\bin>mysql -u root
Run your command prompt as administrator.#
We can start MySQL service from windows command line using the below command.
net start mysql
Command to stop MySql service:
net stop mysql
Disable MySql service:
sc config mysql start= disabled
Command to enable MySql service(to automatically start MySQL service when the system starts up):
sc config mysql start= auto
Command to set the startup type to manual:
sc config mysql start= manual
How to restart MySql service?
There is no direct command to restart a service. You can combine stop and start commands like below.
net stop mysql & net start mysql
I was also having problem with starting MySql server but run command as mention right mark in picture . Its working fine .
mysql -u root -p
After entering this command in terminal, it will ask for password
Enter the password and you are ready to go!
there is one of the best solution do resolve this problem and it is going to work 100%.
as we know that server is a process so treat it like a process go to the task manager
in windows and see for services in task manager in that service see for Mysql and MS80 and try to start it manually by click on it and say run then will take some time.
go to your mysql workbench and click on start/shutdown then try to refresh the server status in server status option. it will load up thats it.
1.Open a command prompt as Administrator.
2.Go to MySQL installed bin directory in program files.
3.Copy the location of the bin directory from windows explorer.
4.In command prompt type cd and (paste the location) and do enter.
5.Type mysqld --initialize
6.Open services from the windows menu and sort the list by name.
7.Right-click Mysql and click start.
use the command "mysql -u root -p" in the bin folder path.
and give the MY SQL password which you have set earlier.
I can successfully connect to MySQL from a DOS prompt, but when I try to connect from cygwin, it just hangs.
$/cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/MySQL/MySQL\ Server\ 5.1/bin/mysql -u root -p
What's wrong?
I just came across this, and when I read someone's mention of it being a windows/DOS command that you run in cygwin I did a which mysql and that gave me:
$ which mysql
/cygdrive/c/Program Files/MySQL/MySQL Server 5.5/bin/mysql
So I ran the cygwin Setup.exe searched for "mysql" and installed the latest "mysql client". Now which mysql looks like:
$ which mysql
/usr/bin/mysql
And the MySQL command works in cygwin :)
Though it's an old question, it would be nice to have the actual answer here, as people (like myself) might still stumble across it.
If your attempts to run the MySQL client from Cygwin return the following error:
$ mysql -u root -p
Enter password:
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysql.sock' (2)
Then you can fix it by adding the explicit -h 127.0.0.1 options to the command line, as in:
$ mysql -u root -p -h 127.0.0.1
Updates based on comments:
To avoid specifying -h 127.0.0.1 on the command line every time you connect, you can add:
[client]
host=127.0.0.1
to the file /etc/my.cnf
On some installations of Cygwin, specifying the host with -h might not be enough. If so, try also specifying:
--protocol=tcp
or add
protocol=tcp
to the config file.
Assuming that you have a native Windows build of MySQL, there is a terminal emulation incompatibility between DOS (command prompt) windows and bash. The prompt for mysql isn't showing up.
To confirm this, type a command and return - it will probably work, but the prompt and the echo of the command (what you're typing) is getting lost.
There may be a workaround in either the CYGWIN sytem properties or in bash, but I've never taken the time to work this one out.
Other answers lack the following key detail:
Cygwin has two shells:
Default: c:\cygwin\bin\mintty.exe
Basic: c:\cygwin\Cygwin.bat (which launches c:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe)
The Win32 MySQL can write properly to #2, but not #1, because Win32 MySQL cannot probe stdin properly (thanks #PeterNore)
Want to know if you're using Win32 MySQL? Use which, e.g.
$ which mysql
/cygdrive/c/Program Files/MySQL/MySQL Server 5.1/bin/mysql
Bonus: Cygwin guide to overcoming path problems (thanks #Dustin)
I posted a solution/workaround here:
enter key sometimes not recognized in windows apps under cygwin
Run bash from the cmd.exe executable and then mysql will work inside bash.
Create a shortcut for cmd.exe on your desktop.
Open up the properties for the shortcut and change the startup directory to the cygwin bin directory (usually C:\cygwin\bin).
Add "/c bash.exe" to the end of the command in the target parameter.
This will run bash under the windows cmd.exe environment and when you attempt to run mysql it will execute as you would expect. This is working under windows 7 but has not been tested in any other version.
Put cygwin bin directory in path env variable.
Use command window by running cmd
Run bash -l in cmd window
Then MySQL can be run without problem.
Svend Hansen's answer is the right one:
Install windows mysql server files (from mysql-5.5.25-win32.msi for example)
Install Cygwin mysql client with cygwin installer (setup.exe)
Connect to your server in a cygwin window using cygwin client "mysql -u[user] -p[Password] -h[host]", in my case "mysql -uroot -pXXXX -h127.0.0.1"
I think that when the question was posted, the cygwin setup did not provide mysql components, which is solved now.
Althoug Svend Hansen answer has some points, another thing is the PATH in Environment variables - if the path to mysql is before that of cygwin
which mysql
will show
/cygdrive/c/Program Files/MySQL/MySQL Server 5.5/bin/mysql
otherwise it will show the cygwin client.
As reference Wikipedia says:
Some programs may add their directory to the front of the PATH
variable's content during installation, to speed up the search process
and/or override OS commands.
Download Cygwin
Install mysql client app
create an alias in .bashrc file
alias mysql='mysql -h 127.0.0.1'
execute source .bashrc
Now you can connect to mysql
mysql -u user -p
I have created a semi-fix for this that satisfies me.
I ran cygwin.bat in cmd.exe, then typing mysql in- everything worked fine.
I realized right there that the problem was mintty.
Easy solution? Download Console2, and under settings you can point
it to the cygwin shell. Restart Console2, run mysql and the output
appears.
This is advantageous anyways, because Console2 has a more robust interface/customization than Mintty. I really like the transparency and color mapping options.
Do This:
just copy ur mysql.exe from C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\bin
paste this mysql.exe in C:\cygwin\usr\local\bin
now run which mysql, It will
Disclaimer: The following solved this issue for me under MinTTY on MinGW/MSYS. From research, I believe this same root cause affects Cygwin as well.
Answer is posted here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/23164362/1034436
In a nutshell, you'll need to prepend your mysql command with winpty's console.exe (or have aliases that does so). This solution worked with native Windows MySQL executables and not a special cygwin/mingw build. You do, however, have to compile winpty, but that was simple and painless, and worked as per their documentation for me.
Note: This also solved my issue with several other native Windows console applications, namely Python and Mercurial with OpenSSH.
Reinstall cygwin and during reinstallation search for mysql in packages, install the mysql client and then it would work fine.
Found this question today 2018-03-18 looking for some answers to
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysql.sock' (2 "No such file or directory")
The file /etc/my.conf references config files in /etc/my.cnf.d
I added this to /etc/my.cnf.d/client.cnf:
[client]
host=127.0.0.1
protocol=tcp
After that I was able to access the local windows MySQL instance from a cygwin terminal using mysql -u root -p