At 22:52 -0400 5/31/03, Mehrdad Ziaei wrote:
>That will give you version of mysql client you're running,
That seems to have been what the original question was.
>For version of mysql server, after successful connection to mysql, use
>status command.
>mysql> status
>
>Or
>
>telnet to port 3306 of server running mysql
>C:\>telnet 192.168.1.2 3306
>you'll see few garbage and mysql version number in there too.
Re: that latter suggestion, it's easier to simply issue this query from
the mysql client:
mysql> SHOW VERSION();
Then you don't have to ignore all the garbage characters. :-)
>
>Me
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Steven Kreuzer" <skreuzer@stripped>
>To: <Robert.Bram@stripped>
>Cc: "Mysql" <mysql@stripped>
>Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 10:32 PM
>Subject: Re: Find out what version I am using?
>
>
>> $ mysql --version
>>
>> On Sat, 2003-05-31 at 22:21, Robert Mark Bram wrote:
>> > Howdy all!
>> >
>> > How do I find out what version of mysql I am running from the command
>line?
>> >
>> > Is there a type of system select statement I can execute?
>> >
>> > Rob
>> > :)
>> > :->
> > > :-}
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