On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 15:08, Dan Greene wrote:
> one more idea:
> 
> try:
> mysql --skip-column-names --raw  < test1 | tar xf -
 no output,

mysql --skip-column-names --raw  < test1 | more
./test1

> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Denis Mercier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 2:41 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: piping blob into shell command (tar)
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 14:02, Paul DuBois wrote:
> > > At 13:55 -0500 11/19/03, Denis Mercier wrote:
> > > >On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 12:26, Paul DuBois wrote:
> > > >>  At 11:03 -0500 11/19/03, Denis Mercier wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>  >  > >>  >i also tried:
> > > >>  >>  >>  >use my_db;
> > > >>  >>  >>  >select * from my_table;
> > > >>  >>  >>  >
> > > >>  >>  >>  >so when i try shell> mysql --pager < test1 | tar x
> > > >>  >>  >>  >
> > > >>  >>  >>  >the tar file does not get written to 
> > /usr/local/test1 but 
> > > >>i still dont
> > > >>  >>  >>  >get my untared files? write permissions are ok?
> > > >>  >>  >>  >what am i missing?
> > > >>  >>  >>
> > > >>  >>  >>  Have you verified that the mysql command 
> > actually writes 
> > > >>any output, for
> > > >>  >>  >>  example, with this command:
> > > >>  >>  >>
> > > >>  >>  >  > shell> mysql --pager < test1 | wc
> > > >>  >>  >>
> > > >>  >>  >>  Do you get any output from tar at all, such as 
> > an error message?
> > > >>  >>  >>  Maybe the output from mysql isn't suitable.  Couple of 
> > > >>things to try:
> > > >>  >>  >>
> > > >>  >>  >The output from mysql seems fine because when it 
> > does write the value
> > > >>  >>  >of my blob I get a well formatted tar file,
> > > >>  >>  >I'm thinking that maybe tar cannot handle a stream 
> > as it's input?
> > > >>  >>
> > > >>  >>  That may be.  In that case, you should invoke tar as
> > > >>  >>
> > > >>  >>  tar xf -
> > > >>  >>
> > > >>  >
> > > >>  >I have tried tar xf but tar gives me an error, it wants a file
> > > >>  >specified.
> > > >>
> > > >>  But I didn't say to use "tar xf".  I said to use "tar 
> > xf -".  That
> > > >>  dash is highly significant.  It means "The file to read is the
> > > >>  standard input".
> > > >
> > > >tried tar xf -
> > > >mysql  < test1 |  tar xf -
> > > >tar: This does not look like a tar archive
> > > >tar: Skipping to next header
> > > >tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
> > > >
> > > >I dont get it, if i do this command:
> > > >
> > > >mysql> select * into dumpfile "/usr/local/test1.tar" from my_table
> > > >
> > > >I get a tar archive written to /usr/local/
> > > >
> > > >I'm using mysql client to store my tar file as a blob,
> > > >mysql> insert into my_table 
> > values(LOAD_FILE("/usr/local/test1.tar"));
> > > >
> > > >could this function cause my problem?
> > > 
> > > No.
> > > 
> > > The output when you retrieve the column and send it into the pipe
> > > contains something that is not part of the column contents itself.
> > > Likely the column header.  Try using the --skip-column-names option
> > > to suppress the header.
> > > 
> > I tarred test1 recreated my_table, using LOAD_FILE put in test1.tar
> > 30 B file before tarred, after tarred 10 K 
> > 
> > mysql --skip-column-names  < test1 | tar xf -
> > tar: This does not look like a tar archive
> > tar: Skipping to next header
> > tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
> > 
> > 
> > mysql --skip-column-names  < test1 | more
> > 
> > ./test1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\
> > 0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0
> > \0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0
> > \0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0
> > \0\0\0\0\0\00100644\00000000\00000000\000000000036\00775674053
> > 0\0011034\0 0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\
> > 0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\
> > 0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\
> > 0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\
> > 0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\
> > 0\0\0ustar 
> > \0root\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0
> > root\0\0\0\0\0\0
> > \0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0
> > \0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0
> > \0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0
> > \0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0
> > \0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0
> > \0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0
> > \0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0
> > \0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0
> > \0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0use test;\nselect *
> > from test;\n\0\0\0\ ............>>lot more but all \0's
> > 
> > I dont know if tarring adds all this extra data? but tarring did
> > increase the file size from 30 B to 10 K,
> > I used vi to create test1,
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > > -- 
> > > Paul DuBois, Senior Technical Writer
> > > Madison, Wisconsin, USA
> > > MySQL AB, www.mysql.com
> > > 
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