Anyone know what the command is to load an external document into mysql? I have the script.sql that I spent quite a while typing up but can't remember how to get that to run.

What type of computer is the MySQL database running on? Are you using any GUI to administer the database like phpMyAdmin or MySQL CC?

You can do this from a command line fairly simply. Navigate to the bin folder inside the MySQL installation directory and type in:

mysql -h hostname -u username -p password < path_to\my_sql_script.sql

This will feed the SQL script to the mysql client application and run it against the database specified in the script.

Thanks for answering...I am just using the localhost. I can't even open mysql from the dos command prompt. I can open it from the actual sql on the start menu. I am not using a gui to interface right now. Got any ideas?? I have put the path in my computer to the mysql file and bin...c:\mysql\bin...I don't know what else to do. HELP!!

Try these instructions verbatim:

* Click Start, Run
* Type in cmd and click ok
* Type the following commands; each new line means press enter

cd \mysql\bin
mysql -h hostname -u username -p password < path_to\my_sql_script.sql

* Replace hostname with localhost and the username and password with the database credentials

The alternative is to download MySQLCC, which is a GUI front end for MySQL.

https://www.mysql.com/products/mysqlcc/

If I type in the path that you gave, it gives me an error of "mysql is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program, or batch file.

I have no problem using mysql, I just am having a problem being able to load a script and I think that it has to do with not being able to open it from the command line.

Unfortunately, 99% of the time, I'm running mysql from the command line via an SSH session, so I rarely run it on Windows. You might want to confirm that the mysql.exe executable exists.

Other than that, try out MySQLCC. It's a nice product.

I am not finding the mysql.exe file. I find one that just has mysql but it opens up the window and beeps and then closes...so...

Also, if the .exe file isn't there then why am I able to open it up??

[This message has been edited by chemcl (edited May 05, 2005).]