How can I check the SQL syntax in a .sql file?

Question

How can I check the SQL syntax in a .sql file?

Answer 1

You could paste it into a query browser like the MySQL Query Browser (part of the GUI Tools package) and visually inspect how the keywords and string literals are colored to more easily see if you've made any syntax errors.

http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/gui-tools/5.0.html