title: MySQL Workbench "fetching..." -- cannot browse DB
body: <p>I've been having a lot of issues lately, basically since the last time I upgraded XAMPP for OSX (v1.7.3) and/or my MySQL GUI tools.  Using <a href="http://www.mysql.com/downloads/workbench/">MySQL Workbench</a> (v5.2.44), I can connect to the DB running in XAMPP just fine, but trying to browse any database, under tables/views/etc it only shows "Fetching..." and never shows anything else.  I can actually query tables, which is interesting, but I can't actually manage the databases in any meaningful way.</p>
  
  <p>Googling, <a href="http://engin.bzzzt.biz/2011/04/06/mysql-workbench-fetching-problem-solved/">others</a> reported having luck running <code>mysql_upgrade</code> on the command line, which ran fine but did not fix my issue.</p>