mysql command line client does not stay open

[Tina Berger]

Hello,

I want to learn MySQL. Therefore I tried to installed MySQL on my windwos 7 (32 bit) computer. I also tried it with XAMPP.

Unfortunately, If I open the mysql command line tool (mysql.exe) it just pops up for a short moment ant then closes automatically. The same happens with the mysql admin tool (mysqladmin.exe).

I know, this question has been discussed a couple of times, but I did not quite understand the solution suc as below.

http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?10,51270,55828#msg-55828



Could anybody help?

Thanks

Tina