How to Check MySQL Version

MySQL is a relational database management system. At the writing time of this tutorial MySQL, 8 is the latest version available. This tutorial helps you to check the MySQL server version running on your system.

• Install MySQL on Ubuntu 20.04
• Install MySQL on Debian 10

Find Version with mysqld Command

Use mysqld command with -V option to check MySQL version running on local host system. The below examples can only used for the localhost only.

mysqld -V 

Output:
/usr/sbin/mysqld  Ver 8.0.25-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 for Linux on x86_64 ((Ubuntu))

The above result shows that you are running MySQL version 8.0.25 on your local system.

Using SELECT VERSION Statement

You can also obtain the version from within the MYSQL shell by typing the SELECT VERSION() statement:

mysql> SELECT VERSION();

Output:
+-------------------------+
| VERSION()               |
+-------------------------+
| 8.0.25-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 |
+-------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

Using SHOW VARIABLES Statement

You can also find the MySQL version information, which is stored in a variable named version. Type the below statement to view the MySQL server version.

mysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE "%version%";

Check MySQL Version During Connecton

You can also check the MySQL version with a log-in to MySQL command-line interface. When we connect to the MySQL shell, it displays a welcome message including the MySQL version running on the system.

This method can be used to check MySQL versions running on localhost as well as on the remote hosts.

mysql -u root -p 

Conclusion

This tutorial helps you to check the MySQL version running on localhost or a remote host.