very basic questions
Hello, I'm new to MySQL and SQL have some very basic questions about them. I'm relatively competant in programming, so maybe if someone could answer ... 1. Are SQL files, eg. foo.sql, referred to as scripts or programs or what. (In searching for answers to 2. below and don't know if I'm using the right terms) 2. How do you get MySQL to execute a SQL file? I downloaded fill_help_tables.sql from the website, and it's comments tell how to load from the command line: mysql -u root -p mysql file_name but I would like to load a file from the interactive mode, ie. from the mysql prompt. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: very basic questions
SQL files are just text files that has sql commands in. If you want to load a sql file from mysql prompt you can do like this. mysql -u root -p mysql mysql load file.sql; It's better to remember you that you'll have to be in the folder where the file.sql is before call the mysql prompt. Hope helped with this. [EMAIL PROTECTED] escreveu na mensagem news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello, I'm new to MySQL and SQL have some very basic questions about them. I'm relatively competant in programming, so maybe if someone could answer ... 1. Are SQL files, eg. foo.sql, referred to as scripts or programs or what. (In searching for answers to 2. below and don't know if I'm using the right terms) 2. How do you get MySQL to execute a SQL file? I downloaded fill_help_tables.sql from the website, and it's comments tell how to load from the command line: mysql -u root -p mysql file_name but I would like to load a file from the interactive mode, ie. from the mysql prompt. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: very basic questions
1: .sql files are usually textfiles with sql statements in them delimited by ; 2: do the following 1) start the client - /path/to/mysql -u user -ppass 2) select your database (if nescessary) - use db 3) import the sql file - source /path/to/fill_help_tables.sql [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I'm new to MySQL and SQL have some very basic questions about them. I'm relatively competant in programming, so maybe if someone could answer ... 1. Are SQL files, eg. foo.sql, referred to as scripts or programs or what. (In searching for answers to 2. below and don't know if I'm using the right terms) 2. How do you get MySQL to execute a SQL file? I downloaded fill_help_tables.sql from the website, and it's comments tell how to load from the command line: mysql -u root -p mysql file_name but I would like to load a file from the interactive mode, ie. from the mysql prompt. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
