mysql Ver 14.12 Distrib 5.0.77, for redhat-linux-gnu (i686) using readline 5.1 I need to work on MySQL about once every six months, so it's always an exciting re-learning experience [root@server ...

mysql --password=secret --user=username database_name < query.sql This approach has two drawbacks. First, it is not secure. Second, if you have many scripts with embedded passwords you will have to ...