Re: [ALUG] How to find out what mysql databases I have?

Chris Green wrote:

The mysql daemon (mysqld) is running, I can run 'mysql' and I get the 'mysql>' prompt but that's it, there seems ot be no simple way of finding out what databases there are there to use.

At the mysql> prompt: show databases; will reveal what databases there are. Of course, depending on the location of your MySQL installation (mine is /var/lib/mysql) you can see the database files themselves. Regards, Martyn