MySQL Bugs: #63162: Command line clients crashing on initialization on Windows XP

Bug #63162	Command line clients crashing on initialization on Windows XP
Submitted:	9 Nov 2011 12:28	Modified:	4 Jan 2015 20:56
Reporter:	Shinil Gangadharan	Email Updates:
Status:	No Feedback	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server: Command-line Clients	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:	5.5.17	OS:	Windows (XP)
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
When I try to launch MySql-> MySQL Server 5.5 -> MySQL 5.5 Command Line Client, it crashes. There is no error reported and it just closes. A similar issue was found in MySQL Workbench 5.5.35 and got fixed today with version 5.5.35.1.

How to repeat:
launch MySql-> MySQL Server 5.5 -> MySQL 5.5 Command Line Client on Windows XP

Suggested fix:
A similar issue was found in MySQL Workbench 5.5.35 and got fixed today with version 5.5.35.1.

Please open a command prompt (cmd) go to install directory and try to launch mysql.exe from there. Thanks.

The workaround to open mysql client form command prompt works. So reducing the severity to medium.

I can not repeat this on Windows XP:

Enter password: ****
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 3
Server version: 5.5.17 MySQL Community Server (GPL)

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Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.

mysql>

Had you installed server 5.5.17 from .msi, or server from MySQL Installer 5.5.17? Was it a fresh install or upgrade from some older version?

No feedback was provided for this bug for over a month, so it is
being suspended automatically. If you are able to provide the
information that was originally requested, please do so and change
the status of the bug back to "Open".

When I try to launch MySql-> MySQL Server 5.6 -> MySQL 5.6 Command Line Client, it crashes. There is no error reported and it just closes.

OS: Windows XP SP3.

This can happen if MySQL command line client uses not existent user name (default for Windows is ODBC). Please do what Miguel suggested: "Please open a command prompt (cmd) go to install directory and try to launch mysql.exe from there. Thanks." Send us output which you will get.

No feedback was provided for this bug for over a month, so it is
being suspended automatically. If you are able to provide the
information that was originally requested, please do so and change
the status of the bug back to "Open".

I tried to run mysql using command prompt but it gives me below error kindly check it

C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5>mysql.exe
ERROR 1130 (HY000): Host 'localhost' is not allowed to connect to this MySQL ser
ver

Muhammad,

your error most likely not result of MySQL bug, but behavior, defined in privilege tables on your server. This bug system is not the appropriate forum for asking help on using MySQL products.

Support on using our products is available both free in our forums at http://forums.mysql.com/ and for a reasonable fee direct from our skilled support engineers at http://www.mysql.com/support/

No feedback was provided for this bug for over a month, so it is
being suspended automatically. If you are able to provide the
information that was originally requested, please do so and change
the status of the bug back to "Open".