On 5/5/06, Rhino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Payne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <mysql@lists.mysql.com> Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 12:09 AM Subject: Output to a file > Hey, > > been trying to output a select statment to a file, all the books I have > only show how to input from a file, what is the correct way.... > > I thought I could do select * from my_toy >> `/tmp/my_toys` > > But I get an error. > Here is a snippet from some documentation about MySQL which I wrote for myself. It shows a different technique for capturing output from a batch file into an output file; if the batch file contains 'select * from my_toy', it will capture the output in a file. It's not exactly what you want but maybe it will be "close enough". Running a script from OS prompt If you are connected to the database and are at an OS prompt, use this pattern: mysql < batch-file > output-file For example, if I want to run a script or batch file named my_batch_file.sql and write the output of the script to a file named my_batch_file.out, I'd need to do this: mysql < my_batch_file.sql > my_batch_file.out If you are NOT connected to the database, use this pattern: mysql -u username -p < batch_file > output_file For example, if your user name is 'fred' and your password is 'dino' and you want to run a script or batch file named my_batch_file.sql against database 'barf' and write the output to a file called my_batch_file.out, you'll need to do this: mysql barf -u fred -p < my_batch_file.sql > my_batch_file.out [Be sure to supply the password when prompted.] -- Rhino -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.4/332 - Release Date: 04/05/2006 -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
select * into outfile '/tmp/new.txt' from tablename where condition = '1'; looks to me a good option. Best Regards, Abhishek Jain
