How can I check the version of the MySQL database?

To check the version of the MySQL database, you can use the following command:

1. To access the MySQL database server, you can use the following command:

mysql -u <username> -p

is the username for the MySQL database server.

1. Execute the following command in the MySQL command line:

SELECT VERSION();

This will return the current version of the MySQL database.

Additionally, if you do not have MySQL command line access permission, you can also try one of the following methods:

1. Connect to the MySQL database server using MySQL client tools such as Navicat or HeidiSQL, and retrieve the version information.
2. Execute the following command in the command line of the MySQL database server:

mysqladmin -V

This will return the version information of the mysqladmin tool, which is typically the same as the version of the MySQL database.