Detecting the MySQL DBMS version You may use the following steps to detect your MySQL DBMS version:1. Login to the machine that hosts MySQL. 2. su to the mysql user. 3. Execute the mysql .profile. 4. cd into the bin sub-directory of your MySQL installation. 5. Run this command: mysqladmin -u mysql_user -V For example: bash-2.03$ ./mysqladmin -u mysql -V ./mysqladmin Ver 8.23 Distrib 3.23.49, for sun-solaris2.8 on sparc Note: You may be prompted to provide a password, if one is associated with your MySQL username.