At 4:22 PM -0800 11/23/00, sj c wrote:
>Hi, how do I select a particular database? The manual
>says
>
>mysql your-database-name
>
>at command line, but I tried
>
>mysql> mysql your-database-name
>
>and mysql>your-database-name
>
>
>None worked. Can someone please help me?
Neither of those commands are "at the command line". "The command line"
means you type the command to your shell:
% mysql your-database-name
(assuming your shell prompte is %). Once you get in, mysql presents
a "mysql>" prompt.
You can select a database at the mysql> prompt with USE db_name
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Paul DuBois, paul@stripped
