To start MySQL on Mac, you can use the command line. The commands you use depend on which version of MySQL you have: either before 5.7 or 5.7 and newer. Version 5.7 came out in October 2015, so if you’ve downloaded it anytime in the last few years it’s most likely after 5.7. Apr 06, 2013 The command isql works for me on Mac OS X when I set freeTDS up to work with unixODBC (e.g., accessing MS SQL Server). I couldn’t access MySQL server because the MySQL Connector driver was compiled for use with iODBC. If I use iODBC, I get the following for trying to access a MySQL server.
Summary: in this tutorial, you will learn how to start MySQL Server on Windows and Linux.
Start MySQL Server on Linux
On Linux, you can start the server with the following commands using service, init.d, and systemd.
Start MySQL Server using service
Start MySQL Server using using init.d
Start MySQL Server using systemd
Start MySQL Server on Windows
On Windows, you can start the MySQL Server using the mysqld program as follows:
First, open the Run dialog by pressing Windows+R keyboards:
Second, type cmd and press Enter:
Third, type mysqld and press Enter:
Mysql Workbench
If the bin folder is not in the Windows path environment, you can navigate to the bin folder e.g., C:Program FilesMySQLMySQL Server 8.0bin and use the mysqld command.
Mysql
In this tutorial, you have learned how to start MySQL Server on Windows and Linux.