Where is Connection tab in MySQL Workbench?

A MySQL connection links (connects) Workbench to a MySQL server. Most actions performed within Workbench are then performed against the connected MySQL server. Each MySQL connection contains its own set of definitions, so you might define multiple MySQL connections in Workbench. For example, the connections might connect to different MySQL servers, or the same MySQL server with different user names, or enable SSL for one, or you might set up a connection to a remote MySQL server (on your web host?) using the SSH options, and so on.

As for multiple connections to the same local MySQL server, you might have one connection using "root" with another using a less privileged user. Depending on how you set up the users, they may (or may not) both have rights to see and use the same databases (information). For example, you might use Workbench to configure and use the less-privileged user that you use for your web application.

So to summarize, connections simply connect to the MySQL server. If two connections use the same exact information then the results in Workbench should be identical, although this is not a common use case. For additional information about MySQL connections in MySQL Workbench, see Chapter 5, Connections in MySQL Workbench.

This will open the Client Connections screen, which shows the current connections to this instance of MySQL.

The Client Connections Screen

The Client Connections screen shows how many clients are connected to this instance of MySQL. It also shows how many threads were created, are connected, running, how many errors, and more.

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