No database selected error when running mysql_tzinfo_to_sql

2008-03-10 Thread dpgirago
I'm getting an error trying to run this command: root mysql_tzinfo_to_sql /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/ | mysql -u xxx -p xxx ERROR 1046 (3D000) at line 1: No database selected Funny thing is I know I've run this on 2 other servers with identical software without issue, however I see that

Re: No database selected error when running mysql_tzinfo_to_sql

2008-03-10 Thread Daniel Brown
On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 11:07 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm getting an error trying to run this command: root mysql_tzinfo_to_sql /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/ | mysql -u xxx -p xxx ERROR 1046 (3D000) at line 1: No database selected mysql -D mysql -u xxx -p mysql_tzinfo_to_sql

Re: No database selected error when running mysql_tzinfo_to_sql

2008-03-10 Thread Tim McDaniel
On Mon, 10 Mar 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm getting an error trying to run this command: root mysql_tzinfo_to_sql /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/ | mysql -u xxx -p xxx ERROR 1046 (3D000) at line 1: No database selected The MySQL 5.0 manual explains mysql_tzinfo_to_sql at

Re: No database selected error when running mysql_tzinfo_to_sql

2008-03-10 Thread Tim McDaniel
On Mon, 10 Mar 2008, Daniel Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: mysql -D mysql -u xxx -p mysql_tzinfo_to_sql /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/ The -D flag selects the database `mysql`, which is where the time zone information belongs. The redirect reads from the file (which, in this case, is

Re: No database selected error when running mysql_tzinfo_to_sql

2008-03-10 Thread dpgirago
On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 11:07 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm getting an error trying to run this command: root mysql_tzinfo_to_sql /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/ | mysql -u xxx -p xxx ERROR 1046 (3D000) at line 1: No database selected mysql -D mysql -u xxx -p mysql_tzinfo_to_sql

Re: No database selected error when running mysql_tzinfo_to_sql

2008-03-10 Thread dpgirago
Its example line is mysql_tzinfo_to_sql /usr/share/zoneinfo | mysql -u root mysql There's a trailing mysql, which specifies the mysql database. It also specifies all zoneinfo, not America/. Thanks, Tim. I totally missed the trailing mysql. Duh! --David.

Re: No database selected error when running mysql_tzinfo_to_sql

2008-03-10 Thread Daniel Brown
On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 11:36 AM, Tim McDaniel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 10 Mar 2008, Daniel Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: mysql -D mysql -u xxx -p mysql_tzinfo_to_sql /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/ The -D flag selects the database `mysql`, which is where the time zone

Re: No database selected error when running mysql_tzinfo_to_sql

2008-03-10 Thread Tim McDaniel
On Mon, 10 Mar 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: wrote: The command worked with this syntax: root mysql_tzinfo_to_sql /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/ | mysql -D mysql -u xxx -p xxx It's easy to know that the command ran without error, but I don't know how to test it to know that