Beginning PHP and MySQL: From Novice to Professional

© Frank M. Kromann 2018

Frank M. KromannBeginning PHP and MySQLhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-6044-8_24

24. The Many MySQL Clients

Frank M. Kromann¹ 

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Aliso Viejo, CA, USA

 

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 ...