title: MySQL missing databases
body: <p>I'm running MySQL 5.1 under Windows 7. If I start the MySQL Command Line Client and type:</p>
  
  <pre><code>show databases;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>it returns:</p>
  
  <pre><code>information_schema 
  aircraft_taxiing
  dvd_collection
  eqndb
  mydb
  mysql
  test
  test_db
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>all of which are in the directory in <code>my.ini</code>:</p>
  
  <pre><code>datadir="C:/ProgramData/MySQL/MySQL Server 5.1/Data/"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>If I open a command prompt window and type <code>mysql</code> it only returns:</p>
  
  <pre><code>information_schema
  test
  test_db. 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What happened to the rest of the databases? I've been trying to connect Python to MySQL using <code>MySQLdb</code> and can open any of the three databases, but none of the missing ones. </p>
  
  <p>My goal is to make the Python connection in the end, but I'd like to understand what's going on at the command prompt, too.</p>