Syntax Highlighting for MySQL Shells?

Question

Are there any MySQL shells that support syntax highlighting? I know in my.cnf, you can set the shell string with, for example:

[mysql]
prompt=(\\u@\\h) [\\d]>\\_

But is there any more customization possible? I'd love to have some colors or syntax highlighting. And if it's not possible with the default MySQL shell, are there any alternate shells for MySQL?

Answer 1

In answer to your question, try vim with dbext

Answer 2

MySQL workbench is very comfortable. But i wouldn't call it shell in a common way.