RE: problems running mySQL via Telnet

[Vivek Khera]

>>>>> "TT" == The Tilghman <tilghman@stripped> writes:

TT> You're trying to use a Telnet client with a MySQL server.  Instead,
TT> use a MySQL client with a MySQL server and a Telnet client with a
TT> Telnet server.  Mixing protocols doesn't really work for anybody.

well, you can use the telnet client to speak to any service, as long
as you are capable of typing the poper protocol characters.  Telnet
clients are handy for debugging SMTP servers, for example.

But in general, you want to use the mysql command line client to speak
to mysql.  That is, unless you're debugging the mysql protocol ;-)