MySQL

Category

Databases

Runs in

The Phloem cloud — nothing to install

Lets you and Hamming query a MySQL database with SQL, with its tables listed in Trace.

#What Phloem reads

• Tables, columns and foreign keys of the database you name, listed in Trace for Hamming and SQL autocomplete
• Base tables only. Views are not listed, but you can still query them by name.

#What you need

• The server's host and port (default 3306), reachable from Phloem's cloud
• The database name
• A username and password. Best: a user with SELECT only on that database.

#Connect

1. In the console, open Connectors, choose Add connector, then MySQL.
2. Enter a Display Name, then Host, Port, Database, Username and Password.
3. Choose Test Connection (it shows the server version), then Create Connection.

#What Hamming can do

• Run SQL that you or Hamming write

#Notes

• Phloem runs any statement, not only SELECT, and each one commits as it runs. The user's privileges decide what a query can change.
• One connector reads one database. Add another connector for a second database.

#Connection fields

What the Add connector form asks for.

Updated November 6, 2026