importing a database into phpmyadmin #1044 - Access denied for user Can't Edit File

Question

I'm right now trying to upload a 1.3gig sql text file to phpmyadmin and each time I do it I get the following issue.

my issue

I've already tried splitting the file and editing out the CREATE DATABASE line but each time I try opening it in notepad, notepad++ and emeditor I get a bunch of random characters, clearly there's an issue with the encoding. It's not something I can easily export since another company handles that and I have no access to it. I don't care how my SQL text file is opened, I just need a way to view it and I can't find one.

Thanks for any help you can provide!

ISSUE IS SOLVED!!!

Answer 1

You're trying to create and then write the database named mysql . You Can't Do That™.

You should treat that database, and the information_schema and performance_schema databases, as readonly. They provide ways to retrieve information about the server via SELECT operations. Except in very specific special cases, writing those databases will at best do nothing and at worst trash your server. MySQL tries to prevent you from doing damage by throwing privilege errors when you try to alter those databases.

In a comment you mention that you are confident you can fix an issue with your system via the mysql data base. With respect, that's entirely incorrect.