Re: New-be: problem installing on Mac SO10.6

[Brandon Phelps]

On 11/5/2011 12:32 PM, Roger CPL wrote:
> I installed Mysql using the .dmg package.  I can use System Preferences to start and
> stop the program.  When I open a terminal window, I think this is the way to us the
> program, any Mysql command I inter is not recognized.
>
> Thanks
> Roger

You will need to first start the mysql CLI (command line interface) 
using the "mysql" command.  You will likely need to supply correct 
credentials as well, try "mysql --help" for details.

In short, you cannot simply enter SQL commands from a shell and expect 
them to work.

-Brandon