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

Depending on your MySQL engine and settings, you could start a transaction, try the query, and then do a rollback. Assuming dirty reads are off, that should work.