How to execute large MySql data-insert script file using command line in Windows 7?
I'm new to MySQL so please guide me through how to do this via command line; I've tried but I get NO logging in the console output and the character set is not utf-8 Please help. Kerrek SB Since your SQL script doesn't contain any character set configuration directives, mysql just runs in its default character set Latin1. To change the default character set, start mysql like this: mysql -e "source /path-to-backup/backup-file.sql" db_name --default-character-set=UTF8 mysql -e "source /path-to-backup/backup-file.sql" db_name or mysql db_name < backup-file.sql You probably need -u username -p ,