Yeah, if you dump the file to a .read-able file then his idea is simpler and easier. The approach I described is probably better suited to situations where you need to .import a file, because in that case the file is raw data rather than SQL statements.
-T On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 12:41 AM, Jerry Krinock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 2008 Dec, 02, at 21:19, Thomas Briggs wrote: > >> Try removing the semi-colon at the end of the .read statement. The >> semi-colon is the query terminator, but because dot-commands aren't >> queries they don't require the semi. As such the .read command in >> twoLiner.sh is either seeing a third (and invalid) argument or an >> invalid file name ("placesDump.txt ;"). > > Ah that works. Although I haven't tried Kishor's idea, that should > obviously work too. > > Thanks all, > > Jerry > _______________________________________________ > sqlite-users mailing list > sqlite-users@sqlite.org > http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users > _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users