To test whether a connection can even be made, execute the command STATUS.
mysql>
mysql> STATUS;
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.\mysql\bin\mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.1.39, for Win32 (ia32)
Connection id: 130
SSL: Not in use
Using delimiter: ;
Server version: 5.1.39-community MySQL Community Server (GPL)
Protocol version: 10
Connection: localhost via TCP/IP
Client characterset: latin1
Server characterset: latin1
TCP port: 3306
Uptime: 4 days 20 hours 24 min 31 sec
Threads: 1 Questions: 28098 Slow queries: 0 Opens: 791 Flush tables: 1 Open tables: 0 Queries per second avg: 0.67
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mysql>
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