Advanced MySQL 8

How to use MySQL Shell

You can use the mysqlsh command to initiate MySQL Shell, provided you have configured the environment and path variables on Windows. If not, you can open the command prompt and navigate to the bin directory after the Shell download has been extracted.

MySQL Shell provides two ways for connecting to a MySQL server, one of which includes the use of the X Protocol.

Some of the most important commands that you will use to interact with MySQL Shell are as follows:

Command	Alias	Description
\help	\h or \?	This prints help about Shell
\quit	\q or \exit	Exits MySQL Shell
\js		JavaScript execution mode
\py		Python execution mode
\sql		SQL mode
\connect		Connects to ...