ERROR 1064 (42000) while importing .sql file into MySQL

Question

I'm trying to import a client's database dump into my MySQL 5.5.27 (for Win64) running on Windows Vista 64 bit. However, I get

ERROR 1064 (42000) at line 24: 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 '*/' at line 8

I've pasted the first several lines of the dump file below:

CREATE DATABASE  IF NOT EXISTS `foobar` /*!40100 DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 */;
USE `foobar`;
-- MySQL dump 10.13  Distrib 5.5.16, for osx10.5 (i386)
--
-- Host: localhost    Database: foobar
-- ------------------------------------------------------
-- Server version   5.5.21

/*!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT=@@CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT */;
/*!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS=@@CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS */;
/*!40101 SET @OLD_COLLATION_CONNECTION=@@COLLATION_CONNECTION */;
/*!40101 SET NAMES utf8 */;
/*!40103 SET @OLD_TIME_ZONE=@@TIME_ZONE */;
/*!40103 SET TIME_ZONE='+00:00' */;
/*!40014 SET @OLD_UNIQUE_CHECKS=@@UNIQUE_CHECKS, UNIQUE_CHECKS=0 */;
/*!40014 SET @OLD_FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=@@FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS, FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0 */;
/*!40101 SET @OLD_SQL_MODE=@@SQL_MODE, SQL_MODE='NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO' */;
/*!40111 SET @OLD_SQL_NOTES=@@SQL_NOTES, SQL_NOTES=0 */;

--
-- Temporary table structure for view `reference`
--

CREATE TABLE `reference` (
  `xyz` varchar(50),
  `ABC` varchar(50),
  `asdf` varchar(50),
  `abcd` varchar(7),
  `Axe` varchar(255),
  `Age` varchar(255)
) ENGINE=MyISAM */;
SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client;

Answer 1

Try to change the script in this way -

...
CREATE TABLE `reference` (
  `xyz` varchar(50),
  `ABC` varchar(50),
  `asdf` varchar(50),
  `abcd` varchar(7),
  `Axe` varchar(255),
  `Age` varchar(255)
) ENGINE=MyISAM */;
SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client;*/

or just remove that part -

...
CREATE TABLE `reference` (
  `xyz` varchar(50),
  `ABC` varchar(50),
  `asdf` varchar(50),
  `abcd` varchar(7),
  `Axe` varchar(255),
  `Age` varchar(255)
);