In the last episode (Mar 28), brian said: > Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.1.49, for debian-linux-gnu (x86_64) using readline 6.1 > > Logged in as root, SHOW DATABASES displays a DB name that is inaccessible. > I haven't done anything with this DB for ~5 years. I was recently asked > to do some work on the project and was actually surprised that I > (supposedly) still had it. When I moved from fedora to ubuntu I did copy > over some DBs although I can't remember if I'd specifically copied this > one over. > > When I noticed it was still there I tried to access it: > > mysql mysql > \u db_enzyme; > ERROR 1049 (42000): Unknown database 'db_enzyme;'
I think you want "\u db_enzyme" here, without a semicolon. \u isn't an SQL command so it isn't terminated by a semicolon. That why the error message included it in the database name. The long version of that comand (use) will strip a trailing semicolon automatically: mysql> use test; Database changed mysql> use test Database changed mysql> \u test; ERROR 1049 (42000): Unknown database 'test;' mysql> \u test Database changed mysql> >From the docs: MYSQL COMMANDS mysql sends each SQL statement that you issue to the server to be executed. There is also a set of commands that mysql itself interprets. For a list of these commands, type help or \h at the mysql> prompt: Each command has both a long and short form. The long form is not case sensitive; the short form is. The long form can be followed by an optional semicolon terminator, but the short form should not. -- Dan Nelson dnel...@allantgroup.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org