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ERROR 1064 how to use MYSQL command line in DOS

Hello. Can someone tell me how to get the MYSQL command line stuff to work in DOS? I installed WAMP on my windows 8.1 computer. By installing that I also installed MYSQL 5.7.14. So I go to this directory C:\wamp64\bin\mysql\mysql5.7.14\bin and start mysql by using the command mysql -uroot -p. I'm able to log in just fine but when I do something as simple as importing a new database I get errors. For example, after a brand new install of WAMP and mysql I tried to import one of my MYSQL databases using this command:

mysql -uroot -p mydatabase < c:\mydatabase.sql;

When I press enter I get this error:
EEEOR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the namual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'mysql -uroot -p mydatabase < c:\mydatabase.sql'

I get the same error even if I do a simple command like mysql -v;

But other commands work like show databases;

Can anyone tell me what I need to do in order to get this to work?

Chris Jones

This looks like an issue with your dump file not the MySQL server itself.

Was the dump made with a different version of MySQL?

what happens if you try mysql -u root -p ?

cdlciddit

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There could be something wrong with the dump file but I don't think that is the problem. When I try some commands like mysql -u root -p I 'm able to log in successfully and run mysql commands. And that is what led me to ask my question. B'c I can run some commands like mysql -u root -p and it works fine but others give me that error that I put above. Also, I don't think my dump file was a problem because I was able to import that same file using phpMyAdmin. I would say that solved my problem but for my databases over that are over 128mb that won't work. I have to use the command line for those databases.

Chris Jones

If you are able to login and use SQL commands, that would indicate to me that the MySQL server is functioning properly.

There are some differences between the arguements given by inserting SQL into PHPMyAdmin and through the CLI.

My suggestion is to look up your my.cnf file and check if there are any issues with memory limitations, file size limits and so on.

cdlciddit

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Thanks again for the comment. Yes. MySQL server seems to be running fine. I checked and the only limitations I could find were in PhPMyAdmin. That has a 128mb limitation. I was thinking it may be different syntax with DOS? I don't know.

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cdlciddit

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Hello @Tomas Helgi Johannasson. Yes. I've been trying that along with all the commands inside the mysql consol. It's just that some of them don't work. I'm wondering if that is i just b'c it is done through a dos shell window. It's weird how some commands work and some don't.

Chris Jones

Have you now tried

c:\> mysql -uroot  -p mydatabase < c:\mydatabase.sql

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As opposed to:

mysql> mysql -uroot  -p mydatabase < c:\mydatabase.sql;

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If so did it fix your issue?

cdlciddit

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Hello. Thanks for the advise. I just tried both of those. When I try:

mysql> -uroot -p mydatase < c:\mydatabase.sql

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I get an error that says:
ERROR:
Unknown command '\m'
->
That is b'c it is waiting for ; to terminate the command. So when I type the ; I get this error:
ERROR 1064 <42000>: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'mysql -uroot -p mydatabase < c:\mydatabase.sql' at line 1

So then I try:

mysql> mysql -uroot -p mydatabase < c:\mydatabase.sql;

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and I get that same error:
ERROR
Unknown command '\m'.
ERROR 1064 <42000>: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'mysql -uroot -p mydatabase < c:\mydatabase.sql' at line 1

I don't even know where command '\m' is coming from.

Chris Jones

I think you misunderstand:

When you get the

mysql>

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prompt
type

exit

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and hit enter.

Then, from the actual "DOS" command line type:

mysql -uroot -p mydatabase < c:\mydatabase.sql

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and hit enter, it will ask for your password, enter it, and the db should be inserted.

That is, do NOT log into MySQL before issuing this command, if it works then Tomas should get the credit :)

cdlciddit

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Ooohhh. Sorry about that. I just did what you said. At the mysql prompt (mysql>) I typed exit and got back into the dos shell. From there I typed this:

C:\wamp64\bin\mysql\mysql5.7.14\bin>mysql -uroot -p mydatabase < c:\mydatabase.sql

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And I get this error:
The system cannot find the file specified.

I also tried copying the .sql file to the directory that I was working in. C:\wamp64\bin\mysql\mysql5.7.14\bin>. But I got the same error.

Chris Jones

try to copy the file to c:\mydatabase.sql and retry (normally I wouldn't suggest putting stuff in there, but for the sake of testing, see what happens)

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Chris Jones

Yes, again Tomas is right, it wasn't the sql file that was missing it was the binary. (Sorry!)

cdlciddit

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Hello @Tomas Helgi Johannsson and @Chris Jones. Thanks for the the responses. Sorry it took me so long respond. I had trouble getting mysql added to my system path. Windows is weird about how many characters can be in there. Mine was pretty big so I ended up having to go into the registry just to edit it. But after I got it done I did what you said. I copied the database to the root director (c:\) and did the command:

mysql -uroot -proot mydatabase < c:\mydatabase.sql

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and now I get:

ERROR 1049 (42000) Unknown database 'mydatabase'

So then I tried to the same command with a ; at the end:

mysql -uroot -proot mydatabase < c:\mydatabase;

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And when I pressed enter it gave me all this, but the database was not imported :

C:\>mysql -uroot -proot mydatabase< c:\mydatabase.sql;
mysql: [Warning] Using a password on the command line interface can be insecure

mysql  Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.7.14, for Win64 (x86_64)
Copyright (c) 2000, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its
affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective
owners.

Usage: mysql [OPTIONS] [database]
  -?, --help          Display this help and exit.
  -I, --help          Synonym for -?
  --auto-rehash       Enable automatic rehashing. One doesn't need to use
                      'rehash' to get table and field completion, but startup
                      and reconnecting may take a longer time. Disable with
                      --disable-auto-rehash.
                      (Defaults to on; use --skip-auto-rehash to disable.)
  -A, --no-auto-rehash
                      No automatic rehashing. One has to use 'rehash' to get
                      table and field completion. This gives a quicker start of
                      mysql and disables rehashing on reconnect.
  --auto-vertical-output
                      Automatically switch to vertical output mode if the
                      result is wider than the terminal width.
  -B, --batch         Don't use history file. Disable interactive behavior.
                      (Enables --silent.)
  --bind-address=name IP address to bind to.
  --character-sets-dir=name
                      Directory for character set files.
  --column-type-info  Display column type information.
  -c, --comments      Preserve comments. Send comments to the server. The
                      default is --skip-comments (discard comments), enable
                      with --comments.
  -C, --compress      Use compression in server/client protocol.
  -#, --debug[=#]     This is a non-debug version. Catch this and exit.
  --debug-check       This is a non-debug version. Catch this and exit.
  -T, --debug-info    This is a non-debug version. Catch this and exit.
  -D, --database=name Database to use.
  --default-character-set=name
                      Set the default character set.
  --delimiter=name    Delimiter to be used.
  --enable-cleartext-plugin
                      Enable/disable the clear text authentication plugin.
  -e, --execute=name  Execute command and quit. (Disables --force and history
                      file.)
  -E, --vertical      Print the output of a query (rows) vertically.
  -f, --force         Continue even if we get an SQL error.
  --histignore=name   A colon-separated list of patterns to keep statements
                      from getting logged into syslog and mysql history.
  -G, --named-commands
                      Enable named commands. Named commands mean this program's
                      internal commands; see mysql> help . When enabled, the
                      named commands can be used from any line of the query,
                      otherwise only from the first line, before an enter.
                      Disable with --disable-named-commands. This option is
                      disabled by default.
  -i, --ignore-spaces Ignore space after function names.
  --init-command=name SQL Command to execute when connecting to MySQL server.
                      Will automatically be re-executed when reconnecting.
  --local-infile      Enable/disable LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE.
  -b, --no-beep       Turn off beep on error.
  -h, --host=name     Connect to host.
  -H, --html          Produce HTML output.
  -X, --xml           Produce XML output.
  --line-numbers      Write line numbers for errors.
                      (Defaults to on; use --skip-line-numbers to disable.)
  -L, --skip-line-numbers
                      Don't write line number for errors.
  -n, --unbuffered    Flush buffer after each query.
  --column-names      Write column names in results.
                      (Defaults to on; use --skip-column-names to disable.)
  -N, --skip-column-names
                      Don't write column names in results.
  --sigint-ignore     Ignore SIGINT (CTRL-C).
  -o, --one-database  Ignore statements except those that occur while the
                      default database is the one named at the command line.
  -p, --password[=name]
                      Password to use when connecting to server. If password is
                      not given it's asked from the tty.
  -W, --pipe          Use named pipes to connect to server.
  -P, --port=#        Port number to use for connection or 0 for default to, in
                      order of preference, my.cnf, $MYSQL_TCP_PORT,
                      /etc/services, built-in default (3306).
  --prompt=name       Set the mysql prompt to this value.
  --protocol=name     The protocol to use for connection (tcp, socket, pipe,
                      memory).
  -q, --quick         Don't cache result, print it row by row. This may slow
                      down the server if the output is suspended. Doesn't use
                      history file.
  -r, --raw           Write fields without conversion. Used with --batch.
  --reconnect         Reconnect if the connection is lost. Disable with
                      --disable-reconnect. This option is enabled by default.
                      (Defaults to on; use --skip-reconnect to disable.)
  -s, --silent        Be more silent. Print results with a tab as separator,
                      each row on new line.
  --shared-memory-base-name=name
                      Base name of shared memory.
  -S, --socket=name   The socket file to use for connection.
  --ssl-mode=name     SSL connection mode.
  --ssl               Deprecated. Use --ssl-mode instead.
                      (Defaults to on; use --skip-ssl to disable.)
  --ssl-verify-server-cert
                      Deprecated. Use --ssl-mode=VERIFY_IDENTITY instead.
  --ssl-ca=name       CA file in PEM format.
  --ssl-capath=name   CA directory.
  --ssl-cert=name     X509 cert in PEM format.
  --ssl-cipher=name   SSL cipher to use.
  --ssl-key=name      X509 key in PEM format.
  --ssl-crl=name      Certificate revocation list.
  --ssl-crlpath=name  Certificate revocation list path.
  --tls-version=name  TLS version to use, permitted values are: TLSv1, TLSv1.1
  -t, --table         Output in table format.
  --tee=name          Append everything into outfile. See interactive help (\h)
                      also. Does not work in batch mode. Disable with
                      --disable-tee. This option is disabled by default.
  -u, --user=name     User for login if not current user.
  -U, --safe-updates  Only allow UPDATE and DELETE that uses keys.
  -U, --i-am-a-dummy  Synonym for option --safe-updates, -U.
  -v, --verbose       Write more. (-v -v -v gives the table output format).
  -V, --version       Output version information and exit.
  -w, --wait          Wait and retry if connection is down.
  --connect-timeout=# Number of seconds before connection timeout.
  --max-allowed-packet=#
                      The maximum packet length to send to or receive from
                      server.
  --net-buffer-length=#
                      The buffer size for TCP/IP and socket communication.
  --select-limit=#    Automatic limit for SELECT when using --safe-updates.
  --max-join-size=#   Automatic limit for rows in a join when using
                      --safe-updates.
  --secure-auth       Refuse client connecting to server if it uses old
                      (pre-4.1.1) protocol. Deprecated. Always TRUE
  --server-arg=name   Send embedded server this as a parameter.
  --show-warnings     Show warnings after every statement.
  -j, --syslog        Log filtered interactive commands to syslog. Filtering of
                      commands depends on the patterns supplied via histignore
                      option besides the default patterns.
  --plugin-dir=name   Directory for client-side plugins.
  --default-auth=name Default authentication client-side plugin to use.
  --binary-mode       By default, ASCII '\0' is disallowed and '\r\n' is
                      translated to '\n'. This switch turns off both features,
                      and also turns off parsing of all clientcommands except
                      \C and DELIMITER, in non-interactive mode (for input
                      piped to mysql or loaded using the 'source' command).
                      This is necessary when processing output from mysqlbinlog
                      that may contain blobs.
  --connect-expired-password
                      Notify the server that this client is prepared to handle
                      expired password sandbox mode.

Default options are read from the following files in the given order:
C:\Windows\my.ini C:\Windows\my.cnf C:\my.ini C:\my.cnf C:\wamp64\bin\mysql\mys
l5.7.14\my.ini C:\wamp64\bin\mysql\mysql5.7.14\my.cnf
The following groups are read: mysql client
The following options may be given as the first argument:
--print-defaults        Print the program argument list and exit.
--no-defaults           Don't read default options from any option file,
                        except for login file.
--defaults-file=#       Only read default options from the given file #.
--defaults-extra-file=# Read this file after the global files are read.
--defaults-group-suffix=#
                        Also read groups with concat(group, suffix)
--login-path=#          Read this path from the login file.

Variables (--variable-name=value)
and boolean options {FALSE|TRUE}  Value (after reading options)
--------------------------------- ----------------------------------------
auto-rehash                       FALSE
auto-vertical-output              FALSE
bind-address                      (No default value)
character-sets-dir                (No default value)
column-type-info                  FALSE
comments                          FALSE
compress                          FALSE
database                          (No default value)
default-character-set             auto
delimiter                         ;
enable-cleartext-plugin           FALSE
vertical                          FALSE
force                             FALSE
histignore                        (No default value)
named-commands                    FALSE
ignore-spaces                     FALSE
init-command                      (No default value)
local-infile                      FALSE
no-beep                           FALSE
host                              (No default value)
html                              FALSE
xml                               FALSE
line-numbers                      TRUE
unbuffered                        FALSE
column-names                      TRUE
sigint-ignore                     FALSE
port                              3306
prompt                            mysql>
quick                             FALSE
raw                               FALSE
reconnect                         FALSE
shared-memory-base-name           (No default value)
socket                            /tmp/mysql.sock
ssl                               TRUE
ssl-verify-server-cert            FALSE
ssl-ca                            (No default value)
ssl-capath                        (No default value)
ssl-cert                          (No default value)
ssl-cipher                        (No default value)
ssl-key                           (No default value)
ssl-crl                           (No default value)
ssl-crlpath                       (No default value)
tls-version                       (No default value)
table                             FALSE
user                              root
safe-updates                      FALSE
i-am-a-dummy                      FALSE
connect-timeout                   0
max-allowed-packet                16777216
net-buffer-length                 16384
select-limit                      1000
max-join-size                     1000000
secure-auth                       TRUE
show-warnings                     FALSE
plugin-dir                        (No default value)
default-auth                      (No default value)
binary-mode                       FALSE
connect-expired-password          FALSE

C:\>mysql -uroot -proot
mysql: [Warning] Using a password on the command line interface can be insecure

Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 7
Server version: 5.7.14 MySQL Community Server (GPL)

Copyright (c) 2000, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its
affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective
owners.

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.

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Tomas answered the question.