Please Note, it’s been pointed out that I need to make it clear that this covers version 5.2, the developer release, of MySQL Workbench.  The principles still apply to 5.1, but it’s a different process that I’ve not documented at all.  Apologies for any confusion.

This is a slight departure from our usual posts as it’s not about WordPress. However, if you’re developing with WordPress on a Windows PC there’s a good chance you’re using XAMPP as your platform.

I always liked the MySQL Administrator and MySQL Query Browser tools, but these have recently been deprecated and will not be updated any more. Read more