Getting SQL syntax error while importing table into database using Mysql

Question

I am getting the following error while trying to import the table into database using MySQL on my Ubuntu machine.

Error:

ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'mysql -u root -p spesh db_hit_type < /var/www/html/spesh.com/public_html/portal/' at line 1

I was using the following command to import the table data.

mysql -u root -p spesh db_hit_type < /var/www/html/spesh.com/public_html/portal/js/db_hit_type.sql;

Answer 1

I think that you try to run this command in MySQL command promt or in some client program. You need to run mysql program from server console, not from mysql console.