I've upgraded to the 4.0.12 of mySQL on my WinXP box (I use it for local dev stuff, mainly for my vBulletin forum), and so far it seems to work just fine. However I've been reading that after ...

Don't be afraid of using your chosen database's command-line client. I might as well say this up front: I don't like using GUI (aka non-command-line or graphical) tools with my databases. This is ...