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Connecting Workbench to the server

Connecting Workbench to the server - MySQL Tutorial

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Connecting Workbench to the server

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- [Instructor] All right. Now that we've got MySQL Community Server and MySQL Workbench installed, the next step is to connect Workbench to the server. Again, it's important to note that if you've taken one of my other courses, and you already have MySQL Community Server and Workbench installed, and already have a live connection, you can just skip over this step. There's no need to go in and create a new connection, so save your time, and jump ahead to the Create the Database video. For everyone who does need to set up a connection, let's get started. Go into your Applications folder, and find the MySQL Workbench icon. Click into that. The first time you open Workbench, you may have a connection here under My SQL Connections. If you do, that's great. If you don't, not a big deal either. I'm actually going to delete my default connection so that I can show everyone how to create a new connection from scratch. I'm going to go ahead and click in here and delete that connection, and I'm…

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