How do I set the default schema for a user in MySQL
There is no default database for user. There is default database for current session.
You can get it using DATABASE() function -
SELECT DATABASE();And you can set it using USE statement -
USE database1;You should set it manually - USE db_name, or in the connection string.
If your user has a local folder e.g. Linux, in your users home folder you could create a .my.cnf file and provide the credentials to access the server there. for example:-
[client]host=localhostuser=yourusernamepassword=yourpassword or exclude to force entrydatabase=mygotodbMysql would then open this file for each user account read the credentials and open the selected database.
Not sure on Windows, I upgraded from Windows because I needed the whole house not just the windows (aka Linux) a while back.