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.