Question

Is there a way to set a default schema for each user in MySQL and if so how? Where user x would default to schema y and user z would default to schema a.

Answer 1

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.