by Marci Araki.
Thank you very much for the prompt reply. I am one of those non-technical people who hopes Adminer will be helpful for Moodle administration.
I'm not sure how to check the database or restart the service. When I type "mysql" at the command prompt I seem to enter a cli front end, where I can enter "status" to get information such as uptime. Should I try something else to see if the specific Moodle database is up and running?