How to check if MySQL query is valid without executing it?

Question

I\'m making a simple tool that will get a string of MySQL commands and run it (on several DB servers sequentially). I trust the users to be sensible, but mistakes happen, and I\

Answer 1

Not without knowledge of the schema (for example, is 'x' a table?) and writing a SQL parser. Your MySQL query tool should be able to do that kind of validation (intellisense if you like) but I know from first hand experience, most of the (free) MySQL tools are abysmal.

'Preparing' the query would do what you want, but is a runtime check, not a compile time check - you seem to be looking for a compile time/offline solution.