In mysql console we will use the delimiter command to change the delimiter and it is useful to define the procedures.
I understood the command delimiter
for only the mysql client(client side command).
but I am using the mysql client which does not have the command delimiter
like dbslayer
, on this kind of clients how can I define the procedures.
for now consider:
create procedure test_pro()
begin
select 'hello pro';
end
I tried the following :
mysql -u root -pmypass test < proc_file
where proc_file contains the above procedure;
but that is giving me the following error:
ERROR 1064 (42000) at line 1: 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 3
Event I tried the following
create procedure test_pro()
begin
select 'hello pro';
end;
(added the trailing semicolon)
but am getting the same error .
Same I am experiencing with the dbslayer
, if I am able to define the above procedure through terminal I think I should be able to do that through the dbslayer
Best Answer
There is no way around it. You must use the
DELIMITER
command. Why ?If you ever perform a mysqldump of the stored procedures, each stored procedure begins with
and ends with
Here is a post where I mentioned this before : DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS not included in mysqldump
Try dumping one stored procedure with mysqldump and see for yourself
I also wrote some code to do this:
As for the answer posted by @altmannmarcelo, it directly answers your question (+1 for his answer). Otherwise, mysqldumps could never restore stored procedures.
There are two things you can do to accommodate a new DELIMITER:
TRY THIS #1
Give the delimiter on the command line itself
It is a command line option for the mysql client program
TRY THIS #2
You can write the code into a text file and execute against the text file as @altmannmarcelo suggested
GIVE IT A TRY !!!