MySQL - How-to Connection

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A default howto mysql connection is provided after a fresh installation. It's used in the Howto. To use this connection, you need to start a docker image

Docker

Download and run the image

This connection is based on the Official MySql Docker image.

  • You can download and start the image with the following command:
docker run \
    -e MYSQL_DATABASE=howto \
    -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=my-secret-pw \
    -p 3306:3306 \
    -d \
    --name mysql \
    mysql:5.7.37
docker run ^
    -e MYSQL_DATABASE=howto ^
    -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=my-secret-pw ^
    -p 3306:3306 ^
    -d ^
    --name mysql ^
    mysql:5.7.37
  • Ping your connection to check that the database is up.
tabli connection ping mysql
The connection (mysql) has been pinged successfully

Start / Stop

You can then start and stop the image with the following command:

docker stop mysql
docker start mysql

Info

tabli connection info mysql
Information about the connection (postgres)
Attribute                Value                                       Description
----------------------   -----------------------------------------   --------------------------------------------------------------------
Comment                  The default postgres data store             A connection description
DatabaseMajorVersion     9                                           The major version number of the database
DatabaseMinorVersion     5                                           The minor version number of the database
DatabaseProductName      PostgreSQL                                  The name of the database
DatabaseProductVersion   9.5.23                                      The version of the database
Driver                   org.postgresql.Driver                       The driver class
Driver                   org.postgresql.Driver                       The driver class
DriverName               PostgreSQL JDBC Driver                      The driver name
DriverVersion            42.2.16                                     The driver version
JdbcMajorVersion         4                                           The major version number of JDBC
JdbcMinorVersion         2                                           The minor version number of JDBC
MaxConcurrentThread      8192                                        The maximum number of threads that can be created against the system
MaxNameInPath            3                                           The maximum number of names in a path
Name                     postgres                                    The name of the connection
Password                 xxxxxxxxx                                   The user password to login
SupportBatchUpdates      true                                        If the system supports batch SQL updates
SupportNamedParameters   false                                       If the system supports named parameters in the SQL statement
TabBooleanDataType       Native                                      Boolean data type used to store boolean values
TabDateDataType          Native                                      Date data type used to store date values
TabTimeDataType          Native                                      Time format data type to store time values
TabTimestampDataType     Native                                      Timestamp data type used to store timestamp values
Url                      jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/postgres   The url of the connection
User                     postgres                                    The user name to login

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