Eugene, Thursday, May 23, 2002, 4:42:57 PM, you wrote: EM> Victoria EM> Thanks for the quick response. If I enter what you provided using a 'dos' EM> command, I get "Access is denied".
Check your permissions! If you get any error you should include full error message! Besides, if you use user name and password when you connect to the MySQL server you should use it in this case, too: mysql -uuser_name -ppassword database_name < create_president.sql EM> I thought I had to be in Mysql in order to execute the command. So I enter EM> (in dos) mysql\bin\mysql to get into mysql. And, I get the 'Welcome to the EM> MySQL monitor' message. EM> I type USE samp_db and get the 'Database changed' message. EM> I then type samp_db (because that's the directory sample database is in, EM> right?) < create_president.sql; and I hit return. I then get Error 1064. EM> Have I misinterpreted the manual? Eugene, it's not a SQL command that you can execute in the MySQL client program! EM> Regards EM> Gene -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Victoria Reznichenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net <___/ www.mysql.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