MySQL Shellは、本連載でも何度か取り上げられているmysqlコマンドラインクライアントと同等以上の機能を提供してくれるクライアントです。

Jack Wallen explains how to add data into a MySQL table from the command line.

Whether you're running a LAMP stack on Ubuntu or CentOS, you need to back up your MySQL databases. Learn how to do this with the help of the mysqldump command.

I'm going to assume you've just installed MySQL, and you know the root user's password. When you work with MySQL on the command line, you use the "mysql" application.

Open a command line by opening the Start menu, typing "cmd" into the search bar, then clicking "Command Prompt" from the results. Log in to the MySQL server by typing "mysql -u MySQLuser -p ...