mysql client output

 tables
    -> ;
+-----------------------------+
| Tables_in_ia2010            |
+-----------------------------+
| access                      |
| actions                     |
| actions_aid                 |
| authmap                     |
| batch                       |
| blocks                      |
| blocks_roles                |
| boxes                       |
| cache                       |
| cache_block                 |
| cache_content               |
| cache_filter                |
| cache_form                  |
| cache_menu                  |
| cache_page                  |
| cache_update                |
| cache_views                 |
| cache_views_data            |
| comments                    |
| content_field_extra_info    |
| content_node_field          |
| content_node_field_instance |
| content_type_project        |
| files                       |
| filter_formats              |
| filters                     |
| flood                       |
| history                     |
| menu_custom                 |
| menu_links                  |
| menu_router                 |
| node                        |
| node_access                 |
| node_comment_statistics     |
| node_counter                |
| node_revisions              |
| node_type                   |
| permission                  |
| role                        |
| semaphore                   |
| sessions                    |
| system                      |
| term_data                   |
| term_hierarchy              |
| term_node                   |
| term_relation               |
| term_synonym                |
| url_alias                   |
| users                       |
| users_roles                 |
| variable                    |
| views_display               |
| views_object_cache          |
| views_view                  |
| vocabulary                  |
| vocabulary_node_types       |
| watchdog                    |
+-----------------------------+
57 rows in set (0.10 sec)

mysql> 

node mysql native session

> db.auth('somedb','user','thepasswd')
{ state: 'read_status'
, start: [Function]
, read_status: [Function]
, check_auth_ok: [Function]
, emit: [Function]
, addListener: [Function]
, on: [Function]
, process_packet: [Function]
, write: [Function]
, store_column: [Function]
, serverStatus: {}
, connection: 
   { commands: 
      { begin: [Object]
      , end: [Circular]
      , length: 1
      }
   , connection: 
      { fd: 7
      , type: 'tcp4'
      , secure: false
      , _writeImpl: [Function]
      , _readImpl: [Function]
      , _shutdownImpl: [Function]
      , _readWatcher: [Object]
      , readable: true
      , _writeQueue: []
      , _writeQueueEncoding: []
      , _writeQueueFD: []
      , _writeWatcher: [Object]
      , writable: true
      , _connecting: false
      , pscache: {}
      , _decoder: [Object]
      , buffer: ''
      , _events: [Object]
      , connected: true
      }
   , close: [Function]
   , debug: [Function]
   , auth: [Function]
   , query: [Function]
   , prepare: [Function]
   , execute: [Function]
   , terminate: [Function]
   , write_packet: [Function]
   , dispatch_packet: [Function]
   , addListener: [Function]
   , on: [Function]
   , add: [Function]
   , auto_prepare: true
   }
}
> dump_rows
[Function: dump_rows]
> dump_rows(db.query('show tables'))
>