在MS Windows 7中从Cmd.exe运行MySql脚本

Question

I am trying to run a MySQL script from the cmd.exe command line in windows 7.

I have tried referencing MySQL by its physical path, then by enclosing its physical path in quotes, and then by creating a MYSQL_HOME variable, placing MYSQL_HOME in the windows PATH variable, and calling MySQL from the command line. But all of these approaches are giving errors. How can I get the simple --init-file=... command to run from cmd.exe?

Here is a print screen of the failed commands that I have tried:

Here are the names and values of the windows environmental variables that I set:

variable name        variable value
MYSQL_HOME           C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin
PATH                 ...;%MYSQL_HOME%;...

Here is the printscreen resulting from following Rahul's advice:

Answer 1

First of all you should quote your path using " instead of ' like

cd "C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin"

once cd to the folder, run command dir and see if mysql.exe is present or not (for verification)

Again, if you have just added below environment variable, it will not take effect on the current command window. Exit and re-open the command window for it to take effect.

MYSQL_HOME           C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin

EDIT:

Are you sure --init-file option is present (or) a valid option to use. If I am not wrong, then there is no --init-file option present.

Try mysql --help or mysql -? and see if that option really exists or not.

EDIT1:

you are doing it wrongly. In this case, you should be using mysqld.exe instead like

mysqld --init-file=C:\\mysql-init.txt

See this Mysql documents which clearly mentioned how to reset root password

Resetting the Root Password: Windows Systems

C.5.4.1 How to Reset the Root Password