Starting MonetDB

For starting MonetDB/SQL on Windows or UNIX-like systems, see our documentation on starting and stopping the server

Upon success, you can start the textual client mclient in a separate window. It runs with the default user monetdb and password monetdb. With both server and client program running, you can now enter SQL queries:

shell> mclient -lsql --time
sql> select 'hello world';
+--------------+
| single_value |
+==============+
| hello world  |
+--------------+
Timer       4.200 msec 1 rows

A short description of the commands available can be obtained using:

mserver5 --help
mclient --help
mclient -lsql --help