How do you stop MySQL on a Mac OS install?

Question

I installed MySQL via MacPorts. What is the command I need to stop the server (I need to test how my application behave when MySQL is dead)?

Answer 1

If you installed the MySQL 5 package with MacPorts:

sudo launchctl  unload -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.mysql.plist 

Or

sudo launchctl  unload -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.mysql5-devel.plist 

if you installed the mysql5-devel package.