Posts tagged MySQL

MySQL CLI Output Formatting Tips

I’m sure you’ve seen results similar to this on a standard query:

Now, if you use the \G option (Send command to mysql server, display result vertically.):

That makes reading the output from command line really nice.
One more tidbit that I’ve found I like to do is use the \p option (Print current command.) combined with \G More >

DBDesigner4 and MySQL 5.0: Together Again

If you’re struggling with “dbExpress Error:  Invalid User/Pass ID” and you are using MySQL 5.0 server (Windows or Linux) this is because of the password structure changes.
DBDesigner4 (now MySQL WorkBench (OSS/SE)) was developed to work with MySQL 3 and MySQL 4.  There is a workaround to allow you to connect to MySQL 5 servers though.
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