Executing mysql command using a batch file

Question

I am new to mysql. I've been trying to run a query through windows notepad batch file. The code on the file is:

USE menagerie 
SELECT type FROM event

The directory I typed on mysql command line is:

C:/Users/abu/Desktop/ev.txt

The output is: -> indicating something must be added to complete the command. Please tell me what is missing to complete the code.

Answer 1

You need to use the source command to execute queries from a file.

mysql> source C:/Users/abu/Desktop/ev.txt

Also, the file needs to have ; between queries. So the first line should be

USE menagerie;