6 rows in set (0.00 sec) Just the Tip of the Iceberg! The mysql command-line interactive program is a very powerful way to access, display and even manipulate data without the need for any GUI at all.

If MySQL is up and running, you have all the necessary software. To pull off this task, you will need the password for the MySQL user that has permissions to access the database (s) in question.

I tried using the following commands to shutdown and startup MySQL and although it did, it also changed the permissions on the databases and I could no longer work with them in phpmyadmin until i ...