MySQL errors

Next time you have an error whilst running an sql script into mysql using the pretty easy redirect into eg: mysql -uroot -pmsandbox -h127.0.0.1 -P3306 dbname < filename you might want to give the -v option a shot.

MySQL normally outputs an error with the line number like:

[mysql@dcassar-ubuntu /mysql/dumps/stored_procs 11:10:12]$ mysql -uroot -pmsandbox -h127.0.0.1 -P5151 test < file
ERROR 1267 (HY000) at line 375: Illegal mix of collations (latin1_swedish_ci,IMPLICIT) and (latin1_general_cs,IMPLICIT) for operation '='


But 375 is not including comments and stuff so it’s a bit hard to go through the file to locate the exact section which is failing.

Run the same command with -v:

[mysql@dcassar-ubuntu /mysql/dumps/stored_procs 11:10:30]$ mysql -uroot -pmsandbox -h127.0.0.1 -P5151 -v test < file | tail -5
ERROR 1267 (HY000) at line 375: Illegal mix of collations (latin1_swedish_ci,IMPLICIT) and (latin1_general_cs,IMPLICIT) for operation '='
/*!50001 CREATE ALGORITHM=UNDEFINED */
/*!50013 DEFINER=`dcassar`@`%` SQL SECURITY DEFINER */
/*!50001 VIEW `viewname` AS select ifnull .....


Btw, remember to include the `| tail -5` or you might regret the output :)

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