Re: [PHP-DB] Using PHP to import a DB

2005-11-06 Thread Tim Van Wassenhove
On 2005-11-06, Todd Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: system(mysql -u user -p db /tmp/mydb); With the -p switch, the user is asked for the password. How does that happen with the system command? Don't leave a space between -p and the password mysql -u user -pyourpassword -h somehost db

Re: [PHP-DB] Using PHP to import a DB

2005-11-06 Thread Todd Cary
Robert - I installed phpmyadmin on the shared server, however I am not sure of the command to run the sql file, mybackup.sql, that was created on the dedicated server with mysqldump. The docs as best as I can read them indicate that all I need to type into the Run SQL query text box is the

Re: [PHP-DB] Using PHP to import a DB

2005-11-06 Thread Todd Cary
Robert - I used the backup file on my desktop computer and the browse button. After the upload was over, I got this message: Your SQL query has been executed successfully: The content of your file has been inserted. (sfyc_data_20051105.sql: 1 Instructions) However the tables were not

RE: [PHP-DB] Using PHP to import a DB

2005-11-06 Thread Robbert van Andel
, you can separate out the sql commands from the file into separate files. -Original Message- From: Todd Cary [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 8:43 AM To: php-db@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Using PHP to import a DB Robert - I installed phpmyadmin

RE: [PHP-DB] Using PHP to import a DB

2005-11-06 Thread Robbert van Andel
- From: Todd Cary [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 8:57 AM To: php-db@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Using PHP to import a DB Robert - I used the backup file on my desktop computer and the browse button. After the upload was over, I got this message: Your SQL query

Re: [PHP-DB] Using PHP to import a DB

2005-11-06 Thread Todd Cary
in my previous email. -Original Message- From: Todd Cary [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 8:57 AM To: php-db@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Using PHP to import a DB Robert - I used the backup file on my desktop computer and the browse button. After the upload

Re: [PHP-DB] Using PHP to import a DB

2005-11-05 Thread Micah Stevens
system(mysql -u user -p db /tmp/mydb); On Saturday 05 November 2005 4:02 pm, Todd Cary wrote: My client switched from a dedicated server to a shared server, so I cannot use the command line to import a DB that was produced with mysqldump. Can I duplicate mysql -u user -p db /tmp/mydb

RE: [PHP-DB] Using PHP to import a DB

2005-11-05 Thread Robbert van Andel
You could run a system command from the web browser to import the text file. If you have access to PHPmyAdmin, you could use it to then import the file. Or finally, you should be able to read the contents of the file into a variable (if it's small enough) and then run the query using mysql_query.

Re: [PHP-DB] Using PHP to import a DB

2005-11-05 Thread Todd Cary
Micah - With the -p switch, the user is asked for the password. How does that happen with the system command? Todd Micah Stevens wrote: system(mysql -u user -p db /tmp/mydb); On Saturday 05 November 2005 4:02 pm, Todd Cary wrote: My client switched from a dedicated server to a

Re: [PHP-DB] Using PHP to import a DB

2005-11-05 Thread Micah Stevens
Don't use it, use --password= instead.. The downside to this is that anyone can see your password in the process list, but I'm going to hazard a guess that no users are scanning the process list that often on a shared webserver. -Micah On Saturday 05 November 2005 5:21 pm, Todd Cary