How not to test that mysqld is alive

Re:How not to test that mysqld is alive by brianr on Monday October 05, 2009 @08:26PM (#863201)

And best way, that will set your mind at ease even if you’re worried that “mysql is running but not responding; it is stuck”: connect to MySQL and issue SELECT 1, SELECT NOW(), SELECT something.

Fortunately this is easy:

  $ echo "select now();" | mysql
  now()
  2009-10-05 19:24:22

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