Todd, The "arrow" is like the PS2 prompt from your shell in Unix. That is, the first line of your command says
Mysql> and every line thereafter is just a "greater-than". This is because the mysql client is waiting for more commands. You can enter more than one command at a time this way, and not have to write it all out on one line. When you are finished with a command, place a semi-colon or a backslash-"g". In other words, I think you wanted to enter the following command: Mysql> show tables ; or Mysql> show tables \g Note that the spacing between the command and the semi-colon (or \g) doesn't matter, you can have the sem come right after your text or you can add a space for clarity. --- Todd Williamsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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? > > Thank you, > > Todd Williamsen, MCSE > home: 847.265.4692 > Cell: 847.867.9427 ===== Microsoft e[X]tra [P]roprietary -- Is this where you really wanted to go today ? -- http://www.redhat.com/about/opinions/xp.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Find the one for you at Yahoo! Personals http://personals.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
