I'm using symfony, putty and other SQL commands seem to work fine but when I try to run an .sql file (of which there are many), the command line throws an error:
You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual ...
This is the command I'm trying to execute:
mysql < data/MySQLFile.sql;
I already used the use command on the proper database and tried using the full path, relative path, etc. Not sure what the problem is.
Here's the statement:
ALTER TABLE tablename
ADD COLUMN `blahblah` varchar(10) NULL;
ALTER TABLE tablename
ADD COLUMN `ggggggg` varchar(50) NULL;
if you want to execute through command line
mysql -u user -p < file.sql
and if you want to execute once logged in to mysql database. use any of the below commands.
source file.sql
or
\. file.sql
or
mysql db_name <file.sql
Ok if you are in the mysql interface already type in:
\. /full path/to/file.sql
What I meant with full path is that you need to specify according to the current OS file system the location of the file. Just by putting data/ is not enough. For example if you are using MAC OS it would be:
From the terminal and assuming is in Documents:
mysql < /Users/<yourusername>/Documents/file.sql
If you are already logged in mysql then type in:
\. /Users/<yourusername>/Documents/file.sql
If my tips don't help you, I will recommend you to go to this page:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/mysql-batch-commands.html
To Find out more about this.
I think you just need to type 'source' before the path to the sql file. So you would have
mysql < source [fullpath]/MySQLFile.sql;
Related
I tried to load code examples from http://examples.oreilly.com/9780596527082/. This approach don't work for me:
Limbs.sql can be found in recipies/tables (this is example from book).
I work on ver. 5.6.24 (localhost) and Windows 7.
There are two ways to execute an external file on your database:
1. From the command line
2. From within the MySQL client
First, to identify which application you are using (The DOS command line, or the MySQL client application), look at your prompt. When you are within the MySQL client, your prompt will say:
mysql>
You get that window/prompt by double clicking the MySQL client application. This is the prompt I see in your provided screenshots.
If you're in the windows command line, your prompt will say something like:
C:\Users\kulis>
You get to the Windows Command Line by typing "cmd" in the Windows start menu, or searching for it within the Start menu.
To execute an external script in the MySQL client application (which is where you are in your screenshots), you'll need to use the "source" command:
mysql> source \path\to\your\script\limbs.sql
Alternately, if you use the Windows Command Line, you can use the command you've already tried:
c:\Users\kulis> cd D:\Nauka\SQL\bazy\recipes\tables
D:\Nauka\SQL\bazy\recipes\tables> mysql -uroot -pcookbook < limbs.sql
Source:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/mysql-batch-commands.html
mysql -uroot -pYOUR_PASSWORD test77db < this.sql
no space after -u and -p. A space there can really confuse mysql.
so it looks like mysql -uroot -pYOUR_PASSWORD test77db < this.sql
this runs this.sql against test77db
be careful using root
a better example would be mysql -ujohn -popen_sesame test77db < this.sql
where user is john and password=opensesame
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
follow along below in my make-believe database:
in my example test77db is the database name. so my .sql file does not need to reference the dbname cause you are passing it at shell. but put it in there anyway as a use stmt. i will show u
get into mysql with authorization to create a database, perhaps as root, whatever.
so now you are at a mysql prompt.
example below in database test77db:
use test77db; -- just for kicks to emphasize the point
CREATE TABLE bonehead
(
id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
who_is_bonehead VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL
);
you just created the table, now quit mysql
you are now at an operating system (linux,dos,whatever) prompt
create this.sql text file, it merely contains:
use test77db;
insert into bonehead(who_is_bonehead) values('Drew Pierce');
save it.
then run (you are still at an operating system prompt!)
mysql -uroot -pYOUR_PASSWORD test77db < this.sql
you are now at a mysql prompt, enter
use test77db; -- this is the database name
select * from bonehead;
This is a small question, but what is the name for a series of SQL/ DML / DDL commands stored in a file? Also, what is the syntax for running this file in DBMS?
The help command in mysql refers to it as a SQL script file. The syntax for running it in MySQL from the shell is:
mysql ..options.. < filename
e.g.
mysql -u username -p databasename < filename.sql
See the MySQL documentation for details of using the mysql command-line tool.
You can also run it from within the mysql command with:
mysql>source filename
or
mysql>. filename
I don't use phpMyAdmin, so I don't know if there's a way to do it from there.
I don't know much about MySQL at all. But I am trying to reverse engineer a MySQL database using Visio. I know what steps I should take to do this, but I can't get my database to show in the 'Databases' section (as below):
How do I create the MySQL database using the .SQL file and get it to show up in this list? I have tried this code:
mysql -u username -p password database_name < filename.sql
using my own credentials of course. But that doesn't seem to work. In what folder should the .SQL file be placed if this statement is to work?
1) Create a file "filename.sql"
2) Create a database in your DB in which you want to import this file.
3) From command-prompt/terminal, move to the directory where you have created a "filename.sql".
4) Run the command: mysql -u username -p password database_name < filename.sql. (You can also give the proper path of your file and run this command from anywhere). It might be the case that you don't have a password set for MySQL. If so, mysql -u username database_name < filename.sql will also work.
In your case if you have created a database with name ojs and also created a file with name ojs.sql in C: drive then run the following command:
Edit: Put the path inside quotes.
mysql -u username -p password ojs < "C:\ojs.sql"
There is another way of importing tables in mysql. You can do it this way as well:
1) Connect your database
2) Type command "use ojs;"
3) Type command "source C:/ojs.sql"
Most MySQL SQL files that create databases create the database 'on-the-fly', so you typically needn't do anything except:
log-in
mysql -u [username] -p[password]
(Note: make sure you do NOT include a space (' ') character between the -p and the [password].
MySQL will think that [password] is the name of the database you want to connect to.
The 'general' log-in (above) does not assume you want to connect to any particular schema.)
source the file (do not use quotes around filename)
mysql> source [database_creation_file].sql
you can simply do it using mysql workbench
1> create a new query tab
2> CREATE DATABASE database_name;
3> USE database_name;
4> open the filename.sql file and execute it ctrl + shift + enter
5> all the tables in the filename.sql are created
To create a MySQL database using a SQL file, you can follow these steps:
Log in to your MySQL server using the mysql command-line tool and the appropriate credentials.
Use the CREATE DATABASE command to create a new database with the desired name:
CREATE DATABASE database_name;
Use the USE command to switch to the newly created database:
USE database_name;
Use the SOURCE command to import the SQL file into the database:
SOURCE path/to/sql/file;
The database will now be created and populated with the data from the SQL file. You can verify this by running some SQL queries against the database.
It's important to note that this process assumes that the SQL file contains valid SQL statements compatible with the version of MySQL you are using. If the SQL file contains any errors or unsupported statements, they will be displayed in the mysql command-line tool, and the import process will be interrupted.
Scenario: building a RoR enviroment locally for development. Production is on EngineYard / GitHub. All now working ok, except DB isn't importing.
I have a .sql file that i've taken from my prod EY site. Now i need to import it to my MySQL locally. I'm using Workbench (as i'm new to this), but getting error below.
Please help?
08:07:43 Restoring /home/james/Downloads/Futology.sql Running: mysql
--defaults-extra-file="/tmp/tmpAVeE58/extraparams.cnf" --host=localhost --user=root --port=3306 --default-character-set=utf8 --comments < "/home/james/Downloads/Futology.sql" ERROR 1046 (3D000) at line 22: No database selected
Operation failed with exitcode 1 08:07:43 Import of
/home/james/Downloads/Futology.sql has finished with 1 errors
Workbench doesn't know the database (schema) you want to use.
In workbench, when using Data Import/Restore, just below where you choose the file to import, it asks "Default Schema to be Imported To"
Just choose the database (schema) you want it to use from the dropdown titled Default Target Schema. If you don't have a database (schema) already, you can create it with the "New" button.
This is confusing because MySQL generally seems to use the term database but Workbench uses schema. They mean the same thing for most purposes. MySQL 'create schema' and 'create database' - Is there any difference
Not used Workbench too much however it's easy enough to do from command line have a look at this (below phpMyAdmin instructions)
The command you're after is:
mysql -u #username# -p #database# < #dump_file#
Simply by choosing your target schema
As I circled in above image
Similar to brynn's answer, simply modify your SQL file and insert the following line at the very top:
use yourdatabasename
Replacing yourdatabasename with the database into which you are trying to import. Also, this database should already be created (albeit empty) before you import into it.
Here's another option that worked for me. I'm using MySQL 5.5 on a VM I set up for importing a large MySQL .sql dump that contained: 1). a create table statement 2). insert statements for inserting a large amount of data into the table.
at the MySQL command line client prompt type:
use yourdatabasename
source d:\yourpath\yourfilename.sql
for more info on the 'source' and other commands, enter ? at the prompt.
The above command line is correct. I found I have to do this when importing .sql files from older versions of MySQL. I also found I had to edit the .sql file (top of the file) and set the db name to be the same as the blank db you create before doing the import.
I have a database called nitm. I haven't created any tables there. But I have a SQL file which contains all the necessary data for the database. The file is nitm.sql which is in C:\ drive. This file has size of about 103 MB. I am using wamp server.
I have used the following syntax in MySQL console to import the file:
mysql>c:/nitm.sql;
But this didn't work.
From the mysql console:
mysql> use DATABASE_NAME;
mysql> source path/to/file.sql;
make sure there is no slash before path if you are referring to a relative path... it took me a while to realize that! lol
Finally, i solved the problem. I placed the `nitm.sql` file in `bin` file of the `mysql` folder and used the following syntax.
C:\wamp\bin\mysql\mysql5.0.51b\bin>mysql -u root nitm < nitm.sql
And this worked.
If you are using wamp you can try this. Just type use your_Database_name first.
Click your wamp server icon then look for MYSQL > MSQL Console then run it.
If you dont have password, just hit enter and type :
mysql> use database_name;
mysql> source location_of_your_file;
If you have password, you will promt to enter a password. Enter you password first then type:
mysql> use database_name;
mysql> source location_of_your_file;
location_of_your_file should look like C:\mydb.sql
so the commend is mysql>source C:\mydb.sql;
This kind of importing sql dump is very helpful for BIG SQL FILE.
I copied my file mydb.sq to directory C: .It should be capital C: in order to run
and that's it.
In windows, if the above suggestion gives you an error (file not found or unknown db) you may want to double the forward slashes:
In the mysql console:
mysql> use DATABASE_NAME;
mysql> source C://path//to//file.sql;
Ok so, I'm using Linux but I think this holds true for Windows too.
You can do this either directly from the command prompt
> mysql -u <user name> -p<password> <database name> < sqlfilename.sql
Or from within the mysql prompt, you can use:
mysql>source sqlfilename.sql
But both these approaches have their own benefits in the results they display.
In the first approach, the script exits as soon as it encounters an error. And the better part, is that it tells you the exact line number in the source file where the error occurred. However, it ONLY displays errors. If it didn't encounter any errors, the scripts displays NOTHING. Which can be a little unnerving. Because you're most often running a script with a whole pile of commands.
Now second approach (from within the mysql prompt) has the benefit that it displays a message for every different MySQL command in the script. If it encounters errors, it displays the mysql error message but continues on through the scripts. This can be good, because you can then go back and fix all the errors before you run the script again. The downside is that it does NOT display the line numbers in the script where the errors were encountered. This can be a bit of a pain. But the error messages are as descriptive so you could probably figure out where the problem is.
I, for one, prefer the directly-from-OS-command line approach.
If you are using xampp
C:\xampp\mysql\bin\mysql -uroot -p nitm < nitm.sql
You are almost there
use
mysql> \. c:/nitm.sql;
You may also access help by
mysql> \?
For localhost on XAMPP. Open a cmd window and type
cd C:\xampp\mysql\bin
mysql.exe -u root -p
Attention! No semi-colon after -p
Enter your password and type
use database_name;
to select the database you need.
Check if your table is there
show tables;
Import from your sql file
source sqlfile.sql;
I have put my file on C:\xampp\mysql\bin location in order to don't mix up with locations of sql file.
Try:
mysql -u username -p database_name < file.sql
Check MySQL Options.
Note: It is better to use the full path of the SQL file file.sql.
Don't forget to use
charset utf8
If your sql file is in utf-8 :)
So you need to do:
cmd.exe
mysql -u root
mysql> charset utf8
mysql> use mydbname
mysql> source C:\myfolder\myfile.sql
Good luck ))
In Linux I navigated to the directory containing the .sql file before starting mysql. The system cursor is now in the same location as the file and you won't need a path. Use source myData.sql where my date is replaced with the name of your file.
cd whatever directory
mysql - p
connect targetDB
source myData.sql
Done
from the command line (cmd.exe, not from within mysql shell) try something like:
type c:/nite.sql | mysql -uuser -ppassword dbname
Does your dump contain features that are not supported in your version of MySQL? You can also try to remove the starting (and ending) MySQL commented SET-statements.
I don't know if your dump comes from a Linux version of MySQL (line endings)?
I have installed my wamp server in D: drive so u have to go to the following path from ur command line->(and if u have installed ur wamp in c: drive then just replace the d: wtih c: here)
D:\>cd wamp
D:\wamp>cd bin
D:\wamp\bin>cd mysql
D:\wamp\bin\mysql>cd mysql5.5.8 (whatever ur verserion will be displayed here use keyboard Tab button)
D:\wamp\bin\mysql\mysql5.5.8>cd bin
D:\wamp\bin\mysql\mysql5.5.8\bin>mysql -u root -p password db_name < "d:\backupfile.sql"
here root is user of my phpmyadmin
password is the password for phpmyadmin so if u haven't set any password for root just nothing type at that place,
db_name is the database (for which database u r taking the backup)
,backupfile.sql is the file from which u want ur backup of ur database and u can also change the backup file location(d:\backupfile.sql) from to any other place on your computer
mysql>c:/nitm.sql;
That would write the output of the mysql command to 'nitm.sql;' (What's the ';' supposed to do?) Assuming you've got a copy of the original file (before you overwrote it) then:
mysql < c:/nitm.sql
Export Particular DataBases
djimi:> mysqldump --user=root --host=localhost --port=3306 --password=test -B CCR KIT >ccr_kit_local.sql
this will export CCR and KIT databases...
Import All Exported DB to Particular Mysql Instance (You have to be where your dump file is)
djimi:> mysql --user=root --host=localhost --port=3306 --password=test < ccr_kit_local.sql
In Windows OS the following commands works for me.
mysql>Use <DatabaseName>
mysql>SOURCE C:/data/ScriptFile.sql;
No single quotes or double quotes around file name. Path would contain '/' instead of '\'.
For those of you struggling with getting this done trying every possible answer you can find on SO. Here's what worked for me on a VPS running Windows 2012 R2 :
Place your sql file wherever the bin is for me it is located at C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\bin
Open windows command prompt (cmd)
Run C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\bin > mysql -u [username] -p
Enter your password
Run command use [database_name];
Import your file with command source C://Program Files//MySQL//MySQL Server 8.0//bin//mydatabasename.sql
It did it for me as everything else had failed. It might help you too.