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#1064 – You have an error in your SQL syntax

Håvard Grimelid — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:28:12 +0000

When exporting and importing from and to different MySQL databases with diferent version numbers this error message might show up:

#1064 – 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 ‘ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8′

I got the message when exporting from a MySQL 5.x database and importing to a MySQL 4.x database. The solution came to me from the following blog post comment and is very easy. Just add the --compatible option:

mysqldump -u username -ppassword –compatible=mysql40 database_name > FILENAME.sql

Importing a MySQL dump file

Håvard Grimelid — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:58:32 +0000

mysql -h SERVER -uUSER -p DATABASE < DUMPFILE

Create a new MySQL-user with all privileges

Håvard Grimelid — Sat, 17 May 2008 17:26:24 +0000

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON thedatabase.* TO 'theusername'@'localhost'
	IDENTIFIED BY 'thepassword' WITH GRANT OPTION;

UPDATE 20080916: Skip the last line if the user exists.

Backup a MySQL database with mysqldump

Håvard Grimelid — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:29:50 +0000

It’s very easy, but I always have to look it up.

mysqldump --opt -u USERNAME -p -h HOST.HOST.COM DATABASE_TABLE > DUMPFILE.sql

Join tables in MySQL

Håvard Grimelid — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:45:22 +0000

Join three tables (shows, bands, locations) in MySQL:

select * from shows 
left join (bands, locations) ON 
(bands.id = shows.band_id and locations.id = shows.location_id);

For further information see MySQL Reference manual 12.2.7.1. JOIN Syntax.