Hehe.. I just got past this problem and on to the next. You need to make sure you are executing the command from a DOS prompt..the response you got indicates (I'm pretty sure) that you are executing it from a mysql> prompt (ie: a mysql client prompt).
Yasen Petrov wrote: > Hello, > > I'm using Win98 OS and MySQL 3.23.39-max. Now, I'm trying to > load data from the DOS Prompt into a new database (samp_db): > > samp_db < create_president.sql > > and it returns ERROR 1064: you have an error in your sql > syntax near 'samp_db < create_president.sql' at line 1 > > Any ideas will be highly appreciated. > > Yasen > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
