Comments on: Using MySQL Workbench with XAMPP

By: Carlton

Carlton — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:48:51 +0000

Thanks for the main tutorial and your tip Pedro, works fine now although stopping via xampp causes a little problem for the workbench

By: Pedro Camarelles

Pedro Camarelles — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:10:26 +0000

Xampp have two scripts for start and stop mysql, this option work fine in xampp 1.7.3

c:\xampp\mysql_start.bat
c:\xampp\mysql_stop.bat

For check status i use c:\xampp\mysql\bin\mysqladmin -u root ping

I hope it will help you

By: Az

Az — Sun, 09 May 2010 22:11:28 +0000

They appear to have changed the my.cnf to my.ini within the MySQL/bin/my.ini part of the install, so I used:

Start: c:\xampp\mysql\bin\mysqld –defaults-file=c:\stuff\xampp\mysql\bin\my.ini –standalone –console
Stop: c:\xampp\mysql\bin\mysqladmin -u root –password= shutdown
Status: c:\xampp\mysql\bin\mysqladmin -u root –password= ping

Seems to work ok, had a little trouble getting the apache service to restart, but it did in the end

By: Orihime

Orihime — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 02:08:21 +0000

Nice guide. I believed they changed up the order of the dialogs when you setup, but it should be obvious to anyone following this guide. Also these are just minor things but I think they’re worth noting (for those who might have trouble):
my mysql config is c:\xampp\mysql\bin\my.ini (rather than .cnf)

Also if you’re running MySQL as a service then you’ll want to leave the defaults in the section labeled as commands to start/stop the mysql server (e.g. sc start mysql, sc stop mysql, sc query mysql | wba_filter(RUNNING)).

By: Interconnect IT

Interconnect IT — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:18:47 +0000

This guide is for 5.2 – try that?

By: gavroche

gavroche — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:00:54 +0000

I’m using version 5.1.18 OSS and XAMPP.
Like papaman I can’t even find the “New Server Instance” option. There is nowere to be found. So I can’t connect to mysql instance.

By: Christophe

Christophe — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:46:56 +0000

… and to be able to work with admin’s tools (Accounts, Data Dump, .. ) you need to check “Enable named pipes” in Configuration | General

By: Christophe

Christophe — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:33:36 +0000

to overcome command problems, you can install MySQL as a service (via XAMPP control Panel ) and leave commands as proposed by the wizard

By: Cory Sessions

Cory Sessions — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:45:34 +0000

Just to help clarify: the dashboard is in the 5.2 version. If you have the general release 5.1 version, there is not dashboard / “New Server Instance. Just download the development version and you’re good to go.

By: Richard Vidler

Richard Vidler — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:32:37 +0000

Thanks for the instructions.

Like everyone above, I found out the long way that you need the latest developer release and not the general release.

Regarding the ‘Commands to Manage MySQL Server’ I found that the above had some typo’s with the commands (probably Word auto formating) and a minor simplification:

Start: c:\xampp\mysql\bin\mysqld –defaults-file=c:\stuff\xampp\mysql\bin\my.cnf –standalone –console
Stop: c:\xampp\mysql\bin\mysqladmin -u root –password=apple shutdown
Status: c:\xampp\mysql\bin\mysqladmin -u root –password=apple ping

and no, apple is not my password

Hope this helps someone.