Question

I’m using linux and i’ve tried both

mysql -u root -pabc123 < ~/Desktop/restore.sql

and while logged in as root to mysql

\. ~/Desktop/restore.sql

I keep getting the error You have an error in your SQl syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MYSQL server version for the right syntan to use near 'Ctrl-C' at line 1

this is driving me bananas, does anybody have any idea why?

This is a mysqldump –all-databases file

Thanks!

here is the first few lines

-- MySQL dump 10.13  Distrib 5.1.58, for debian-linux-gnu (x86_64)
--
-- Host: localhost    Database: 
-- ------------------------------------------------------
-- Server version   5.1.58-1ubuntu1

/*!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT=@@CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT */;
/*!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS=@@CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS */;
/*!40101 SET @OLD_COLLATION_CONNECTION=@@COLLATION_CONNECTION */;
/*!40101 SET NAMES utf8 */;
/*!40103 SET @OLD_TIME_ZONE=@@TIME_ZONE */;
/*!40103 SET TIME_ZONE='+00:00' */;
/*!40014 SET @OLD_UNIQUE_CHECKS=@@UNIQUE_CHECKS, UNIQUE_CHECKS=0 */;
/*!40014 SET @OLD_FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=@@FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS, FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0 */;
/*!40101 SET @OLD_SQL_MODE=@@SQL_MODE, SQL_MODE='NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO' */;
/*!40111 SET @OLD_SQL_NOTES=@@SQL_NOTES, SQL_NOTES=0 */;

--
-- Current Database: `mytmpDB`
--

CREATE DATABASE /*!32312 IF NOT EXISTS*/ `

Answer 1

mysql -u root -pabc123 < sed -e 's/^C//g' ~/Desktop/restore.sql