Hi I've put the full path in for mysql, i've included -h -u -p and included the paths of the txt & table files Still don't work. I'm logged in as root, working on my own box (linux) . I'm really struggling with this one. Has anyone out there done this ?? Many TIA Terry ----- Original Message ----- From: "_lallous" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 9:24 AM Subject: [PHP] Re: probs with exec, pls help > should'nt I guess.... > I should at least specify full path of mysqlimport as in: > exec("/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqlimport -u -p dada dasda") > > "Taz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > 002801c133f3$1e2204e0$0feafea9@reynolds">news:002801c133f3$1e2204e0$0feafea9@reynolds... > Should this work, if not, why not > > <?php exec("mysqlimport -u root -ppasword test one.txt") ?> > > the import works fine from the command line > > TIA > Terry > > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]