I'm working on configuring mysql and mostly everything but one issue I'm having with is that many of my commands will return the Error 1046: No database selected.

Here is an example of code

C:\>mysql -u root -p
Enter password: ********
Welcome to the MySQL monitor..
..
..
mysql>show tables;
ERROR 1046 (3D000): No database selected
mysql>SELECT user, host FROM user;
ERROR 1046 (3D000): No database selected
mysql>show databases;
*---------*
Database
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information_schema
mysql
test
--------
3 rows...



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As you can see I've got mysql installed and everything, and PHP works with mysql, but I don't know where this error message is coming from. What can I do to fix this? Keep in mind that I don't have an extensive background with setting up networks. Thanks

in order to show anything you have to select the data base. try "use test" after that you can see what is in it. to see what users you have in your data base, first change to the mysql database. "use mysql" then type "select user, host, password from user;" that will show you the info you want in the second command.