Four Methods for viewing the mysql version

1: In the terminal: mysql-V. The following is a code snippet:

[Shengting @ login ~] $ Mysql-V
Mysql Verver 14.7 Distrib 4.1.10a, for redhat-linux-gnu (i686)

2: in mysql: mysql> status;

The following is a code snippet:

Mysql> status;
--------------
Mysql Verver 14.7 Distrib 4.1.10a, for redhat-linux-gnu (i686)

Connection id: 416
SSL: Not in use
Current pager: stdout
Using outfile:
Using delimiter :;
Server version: 3.23.56-log
Protocol version: 10
Connection: Localhost via UNIX socket
Client characterset: latin1
Server characterset: latin1
UNIX socket:/tmp/mysql_3311.sock
Uptime: 62 days 21 hours 21 min 57 sec

Threads: 1 Questions: 584402560 Slow queries: 424 Opens: 59664208 Flush tables: 1 Open tables: 64 Queries per second avg: 107.551

3: search

The following is a code snippet:

[Shengting @ login ~] $ Mysql -- help | grep Distrib
Mysql Verver 14.7 Distrib 4.1.10a, for redhat-linux-gnu (i686)

4: Use mysql Functions

The following is a code snippet:

Mysql> select version ();
+ ------------- +
| Version () |
+ ------------- +
| 3.23.56-log |
+ ------------- +
1 row in set (0.00 sec)