At 9:35 -0600 3/7/02, Paul DuBois wrote: >At 12:06 +0200 3/7/02, Egor Egorov wrote: >>Josiah, >>Thursday, March 07, 2002, 8:18:58 AM, you wrote: >> >>JW> I know how to inport a .sql file into mysql by using mysql -u username -p >>JW> password < filename.mysql(sql) but how do you import one that >>is made to go >>JW> into a database you already have created? Would the command by mysql -u >>JW> username -p password < dbname filename.sql(mysql) >> >>Justa redirect the standard input from a file: >> >>mysql database_name -u username -p password < filename.sql > >1. The database name goes after the options, not before. >2. There can't be any space between -p and the password. > >mysql -u username -ppassword database_name < filename.sql > >> >>JW> Josiah Wallingford
Hm. Well, after seeing *two* responses with the database name listed prior to the options, I tried invoking mysql that way, and it worked. Don't that beat all. The mysql --help message still says the db name follows the options, but I guess it's actually more forgiving. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
