On Monday 19 November 2001 01:25, Todd Williamsen wrote:

> I looked all through the documentation for this and I cannot find the
> command for listing tables in mysql in telnet.
>
> I get this:
> Mysql> show tables
> ->
>
> I have no idea what the arrow does and what I am suppose to do with
> it. I type in commands and it just does another ->  What is that?

The -> indicates that it is waiting for the rest of the query. You need 
to end each query with a semi-colon. Thus:

mysql> show tables;<ENTER>


hth
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Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.com.hk

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