You can test whether the MySQL server is working by executing any of the following commands:
C:\> "C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\bin\mysqlshow"
C:\> "C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\bin\mysqlshow" -u root mysql
C:\> "C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\bin\mysqladmin" version status proc
C:\> "C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\bin\mysql" test
If mysqld is slow to respond to TCP/IP
connections from client programs, there is probably a problem
with your DNS. In this case, start mysqld
with the skip_name_resolve
system variable enabled and use only
localhost
and IP addresses in the
Host
column of the MySQL grant tables. (Be
sure that an account exists that specifies an IP address or you
may not be able to connect.)
You can force a MySQL client to use a named-pipe connection
rather than TCP/IP by specifying the
--pipe
or
--protocol=PIPE
option, or by
specifying .
(period) as the host name. Use
the --socket
option to specify
the name of the pipe if you do not want to use the default pipe
name.
If you have set a password for the root
account, deleted the anonymous account, or created a new user
account, then to connect to the MySQL server you must use the
appropriate -u
and -p
options
with the commands shown previously. See
Connecting to the MySQL Server Using Command Options.
For more information about mysqlshow, see mysqlshow — Display Database, Table, and Column Information.