Starting the MySQL Command Line Client

Open MySQL Command Line Client by clicking Start -> All Programs -> MySQL -> MySQL Server 5.1 -> MySQL Command Line Client as shown in Diagram 1.

Diagram 1: Opening MySQL Command Line Client

The MySQL Command Line Client opens up and prompts for a password as shown in Diagram 2. Type the password for the root user and press Enter.

Diagram 2: Password prompted by MySQL Command Line Client

Once verification of password is done and the user is authenticated, the command prompt changes to mysql> as shown in Diagram 3.

Diagram 3: MySQL connection made

This indicates that the operating system is no longer listening for user commands but it is the MySQL character based client tool that is listening for user commands.

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