Every time you used the mysql console, the version is shown.
mysql -u user
Successful console login shows the following which includes the mysql server version.
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 1432
Server version: 5.5.9-log Source distribution
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mysql>
You can also check the mysql server version directly by executing the following command:
mysql --version
You may also check the version information from the mysql console itself using the version variables:
mysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE "%version%";
Output will be something like this:
+-------------------------+---------------------+
| Variable_name | Value |
+-------------------------+---------------------+
| innodb_version | 1.1.5 |
| protocol_version | 10 |
| slave_type_conversions | |
| version | 5.5.9-log |
| version_comment | Source distribution |
| version_compile_machine | i386 |
| version_compile_os | osx10.4 |
+-------------------------+---------------------+
7 rows in set (0.01 sec)
You may also use this:
mysql> select @@version;
The STATUS command display version information as well.
mysql> STATUS
You can also check the version by executing this command:
mysql -v
It's worth mentioning that if you have encountered something like this:
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
'/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)
you can fix it by:
sudo ln -s /Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock /tmp/mysql.sock