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Exploring MySQL Workbench

Exploring MySQL Workbench - MySQL Tutorial

From the course: Learning MySQL Development

Exploring MySQL Workbench

- [Instructor] In this course, we'll be using the Workbench to interact with our MySQL databases. The Workbench is a powerful SQL editor and database tool that provides graphical ways of interacting with databases, tables, and other MySQL features that we would otherwise have to use the command line for. However, the Workbench requires a connection to the database itself to operate. Depending on your exact setup, the Workbench might already have a connection to your local database. But if you're using MySQL on a remote server or if you installed the server and Workbench separately, you might need to set up the connection manually. And to do that, you can just click this plus button here, (loud chiming) and enter your Hostname, Username and Password for the MySQL server you want to connect to. But if you follow the install instructions earlier in this course, you should already have a connection to your local MySQL…

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