How to use the thesql I just installed

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I have installed mysql in Mac OS X 10.6.6. However I don't know how to get to the mysql prompt. 

Sarbbottam-Bandyopadhyays-MacBook-Pro:bin sarbbottam$ pwd  
/usr/local/mysql/bin
Sarbbottam-Bandyopadhyays-MacBook-Pro:bin sarbbottam$ mysql  
-bash: mysql: command not found  
Sarbbottam-Bandyopadhyays-MacBook-Pro:bin sarbbottam$

Any thoughts?

Best Answer

If you already are in the /usr/local/mysql/bin directory, just launch:

./mysql

You should consider adding a symbolic link to /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql to the /usr/bin directory.

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