Ever wonder how to scroll upwards in mysl resultset ?

What if your terminal doesn’t allow scrollback or the scrollback buffer is somehow set to sreen lines ?

How to use MORE or LESS unix commands in mysql which would allow to scroll using ‘return’ or ’spacebar’

Follow the steps given below:

1. mysql –page uuser -p  [Invoke mysql using the --page command]
2. mysql> pager less          [set the pager to use less]
3. mysql> select * from table_name  [run your query]

This also  works under the unix ’screen’ terminal emulation

Welcome to the world of LAMP.

For all you disgraceful people who don’t know what it is, the definition:

L = > Linux ( Its an operating system )
A => Apache ( Its a web server )
M => MySQL ( Its a database system )
P => PhP {&perl } ( These are programming languages )

Wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAMP_(software_bundle)

We, here, at Lamp-World are group of people who live eat and think lamp.  This site is aimed to have a collection of amazing ’scripts’ , ‘tweaks’ and ’solutions’ which you may not find anywhere else.