Michael Renshaw writes: > coming from oracle we used to "get filename" to read sql statements from > a text file and then type "start filename". is this possible in > Mysql instead of having to write programs and embed the code ? > > thanx > > Mike Hi! In text mode you can use mysql monitor and run: mysql < filename And you will get the outcome on stdout. You can also get a file in a monitor with \e command. And of course, there are many GUI tools. Sinisa +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ | TcX ____ __ _____ _____ ___ == [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | /*/\*\/\*\ /*/ \*\ /*/ \*\ |*| Sinisa Milivojevic | | /*/ /*/ /*/ \*\_ |*| |*||*| mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | | /*/ /*/ /*/\*\/*/ \*\|*| |*||*| Belgrade | | /*/ /*/ /*/\*\_/*/ \*\_/*/ |*|_____ Serbia | | ^^^^^^^^^^^^/*/^^^^^^^^^^^\*\^^^^^^^^^^^ | | /*/ \*\ Developers Team | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ ----------------------------------------------------------- Send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe mysql [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the body of the message to unsubscribe from this list.