Question : Importing a MySQL Database

I'm a Microsoft .NET programmer just getting into PHP & MySQL. I'm trying to set up a development environment and have been given a website and a sql backup file. I've installed PHP and MySQL on a Windows box and it appears to be working just fine but I have no idea how to import the .sql file into the MySQL database.

I've downloaded & installed MySQL Workbench and tried using the "Import from Disk" feature only to get the following error:

ERROR 1046 (3D000) at line 20: No database selected

I'm too knew to this environment to know how to solve the problem. Can anyone help?

Answer : Importing a MySQL Database

After you connect to the server, you must select the database before importing the .sql file.

Issue the command below, changing database_name to your database name, of course:

use database_name;