1.D:\MySql\bin>mysql -V

mysql  Ver 14.12 Distrib 5.0.51b, for Win32 (ia32)

2.mysql> status;

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mysql  Ver 14.12 Distrib 5.0.51b, for Win32 (ia32)

Connection id:          2

Current database:

Current user:

SSL:                    Not in use

Using delimiter:        ;

Server version:         5.0.51b-community-nt MySQL Community Edition (GPL)

Protocol version:       10

Connection:             localhost via TCP/IP

Server characterset:    gbk

Db     characterset:    gbk

Client characterset:    gbk

Conn.  characterset:    gbk

TCP port:               3306

Uptime:                 1 hour 40 min 30 sec

3.[shengting@login ~]$ mysql --help | grep Distrib

mysql Ver 14.7 Distrib 4.1.10a, for redhat-linux-gnu (i686)

4.mysql> select version();

+----------------------+

| version()            |

+----------------------+

| 5.0.51b-community-nt |

+----------------------+

1 row in set (0.00 sec)