MySQL comes with quite a few utilities, or clients, each of which provides interfaces for carrying out various tasks pertinent to administration of the database server. This chapter offers a general overview of the most commonly used clients and provides an in-depth introduction to the native mysql and mysqladmin clients.1 Because the MySQL manual already does a fantastic job at providing a general overview of each client, this chapter instead focuses on those features that you’re most likely to regularly use in your daily administration activities.
This chapter starts with ...
