is this from within the browser? if so, you'd need to open the file, read the contents and execute the script. I don't knwo what 'source' does. but i don't claim to know much either. i may not have heard of this.
if you just want to do it from a command line then you use a < after your login and password args mysql -u user -p < /home/mysql/mysql_script Hope this helps Jeff fabrizio <fabrizio@sad. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] it> cc: Subject: [PHP-DB] execute external sql script in php 06/18/2002 06:19 AM Please respond to fabrizio Hello dear all, i try to execute an external sql-script to the mysql server $query ="source /home/mysql/mysql_script" ...but allways i get "Impossible to execute the query" any idea to do a stuff like this? thanks fabrizio -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php