Articles tagged with mysql-client

1. Enabling Vertical (\G) Output in the MySQL Client

   Posted on December 20, 2007 in Software

   One problem with the MySQL command line client is that queries with lots of columns tend to wrap crazily based on your terminal size. To overcome this, you can get a vertical output by terminating your queries with \G instead of ;. I find this format extremely helpful in cases where …

2. Courier authdaemond Breaks On Hidden Whitespace

   Posted on April 15, 2007 in System Administration

   A buddy of mine was recently setting up a new installation of Courier with virtual user support via MySQL. He ran into an issue when trying to get authdaemond to connect to a remote MySQL installation. No matter what he changed in authmysqlrc, the following kept appearing in his mail …