What command returns the current version of a MySQL database?
Show MySQL Databases The most common way to get a list of the MySQL databases is by using the mysql client to connect to the MySQL server and run the SHOW DATABASES command. If you haven't set a password for your MySQL user you can omit the -p switch.
Try this function -
SELECT VERSION();
-> '5.7.22-standard'
VERSION()
Or for more details use :
SHOW VARIABLES LIKE "%version%";
+-------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| Variable_name | Value |
+-------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| protocol_version | 10 |
| version | 5.0.27-standard |
| version_comment | MySQL Community Edition - Standard (GPL) |
| version_compile_machine | i686 |
| version_compile_os | pc-linux-gnu |
+-------------------------+------------------------------------------+
5 rows in set (0.04 sec)
MySQL 5.0 Reference Manual (pdf) - Determining Your Current MySQL Version - page 42
Many answers suggest to use mysql --version
. But the mysql
programm is the client. The server is mysqld
. So the command should be
mysqld --version
or
mysqld --help
That works for me on Debian and Windows.
When connected to a MySQL server with a client you can use
select version()
or
select @@version
try
mysql --version
for instance. Or dpkg -l 'mysql-server*'
.
Use mysql -V
works fine for me on Ubuntu.
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