Telnet and MySQL

Good morning, I was wondering if anyone has had experience telnetting to a windows version of mysql? When I type the following in command prompt,

VB Code:

telnet 192.168.50.50 3306

I get the following result:

VB Code:

7
 5.0.16-nt☺T(iWY:V",☻Bf^"/c(9)`+P
 
Connection to host lost.

I know that the first part of the result is normal, you are supposed to get the version number (5.0.16-nt), along with garbage back...but after about 10 seconds the connection is lost. I have tried this with two mysql servers, one on my PC...another on a server, and both connections are lost.

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You can't "telnet mydbserver 3306" like you telnet e.g. an SMTP server.
You need the mysql client to do this.

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Others say try a program called NAVICAT. If it's on a local machine, you can also use 127.0.0.1 to telnet to it, if you supply the right port.

I got into this a little bit myself. All in all, it would take to much effort to use telnet to manage your MySQL DB from telnet. Instead MySQL makes a administrator GUI that you can use. Works great for localhost connections. I also like a program called SQLyog (google it...).

You need a MySql client, unless you fancy unsrambling it yourself. If you have mysql installed then you can use the program mysql.exe to connect. If not, you must obtain it:

http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/4.1.html