Today's MySQL Suckage

[Paul Makepeace]

On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 9:52 AM, Andy Wardley <abw at wardley.org> wrote:
>
> I have a file which defines a MySQL database schema.  It looks a bit
> like this:
>
>   /*
>   This table defines users of the
>   system who are Buffy fans.
>   */
>
>   CREATE TABLE buffy_fans (
>       ..etc...
>   );
>
> I feed it in thusly:
>
>   $ mysql < my_db_schema.sql
>
> And it says:
>
>   usage: who [-abdHlmpqrstTu] [am I] [file]

I for one can't replicate this.

MySQL 5.0.51a

P

>
> It's interpreting the line "system who are Buffy fans." as a shell command,
> even though it's inside a comment.
>
> Yes, I know.  It serves me right for using a database made of cheese.
>
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