How to connect from windows command prompt to mysql command line

Question

I\'m trying to connect to mysql server command line from my windows prompt

I write the next line in cmd but i get an error.

cd C:\\MYSQL\\bin\\
         


        

Answer 1

Following commands will connect to any MySQL database

shell> mysql --host=localhost --user=myname --password=mypass mydb

or

shell> mysql -h localhost -u myname -pmypass mydb

Since it shows the password in plain text, you can type password later as prompted. So, the command will be as follows

shell> mysql --host=localhost --user=myname --password mydb
shell> mysql -h localhost -u myname -p mydb