Benjamin Pflugmann wrote: > > Hi. > > On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 08:21:34AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Years ago I worked on an RDBMS that had a feature to allow execution of > > 'sections' of a command file, avoiding others. I am still ign scanning the > > docs, but have not found anything similar in MySQL. > > > > For example, in a database creation table one could enter (in MySQL format) > > the following: > > > > mysql> source master_DB_creation(table_a, table_c, consistency_check); > > > > Where the file master_DB_creation file would contain: > > ------------------------------------------- > > ?section table_a > > drop table if exists table_a; > > create table table_a > [...] > > Does anyone know whether this functionality exists in MySQL?
If your 'source ...' is UNIX's source/exec/eval, yes you can write a script to execute any sections/parts of your databases. In MySQL, you run it as ... mysql -h host -u user -ppasswd < your_script > > It doesn't exist. > > Bye, > > Benjamin. > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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