The term 'mysql.server' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet

Question

mysql.server: The term 'mysql.server' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.

When I try to start mysql.server start it gets me an error as you can see. I've installed flask, mysqldb, passlib successfully using those commands on vscode terminal ( on windows 10):

pip install flask

Successfully installed flask-2.0.1

pip install flask-mysqldb

and it gets me a successfully installed message, then I type:

pip install passlib

again: Successfully installed passlib-1.7.4

but when I try to start mysql server with this command mysql.server start then I get an error message telling me: **mysql.server: The term 'mysql.server' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable
program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was
included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1

• mysql.server start
• CategoryInfo: ObjectNotFound: (mysql.server:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
• FullyQualifiedErrorId: CommandNotFoundException**

So please can you help me !

Answer 1

You mention that your environment is Windows 10.

To start mysql server on Windows you need to open CMD window ( start -> run -> cmd ) and execute:

C:\> 
C:\> "C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\bin\mysqld"

Possibly configure the currect path if your mysql installation is different in version or location.

See here for more info: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/windows-start-command-line.html