location of database files

, and that datadir must include the user database...am I wrong? Help! I am using Ver 8.9 Distrib 3.23.27-beta, for sun-solaris2.6 on sparc. Do I need to upgrade? Any help is much appreciated. Sean O'Brien User Systems Coordinator/ Web Designer Computer Science Department Johns Hopkins

RE: Insert Automatically [pass on command line]

then run: mysql -u user -p password --database database file.sql Except don't put a space between -p and your password. :-) Better yet just -p and don't put your password on the command line. ;-) - Before posting,