MySQL show status – active or total connections?
According to the docs, it means the total number throughout history: Connections The number of connection attempts (successful or not) to the MySQL server. You can see the number of active connections either through the Threads_connected status variable: Threads_connected The number of currently open connections. mysql> show status where `variable_name` = ‘Threads_connected’; +——————-+——-+ | Variable_name … Read more