I know nothing about this, but did you investigate 'SHOW TABLE STATUS' for any clues? In article <018601c12b3c$2c2970b0$6e00a8c0@webdesign>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jay Paulson) wrote: > I've checked and the ROOT user has access to everything... but still no > luck.. when i run the mysql -u root -p < 'all_databases.sql' it gets to the > first table and tries to insert some information into it and says "blah > table is read only" and it stops... > > jay -- __________________________________ Gabe da Silveira, Web Designer Twin Cities Student Unions University of Minnesota http://www.coffman.umn.edu wFone: (612)624-7270 eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] hPage: http://www.visi.com/~jiblet -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]