Server has gone away error when importing a large SQL file.

[AtTheEnd]

Hi folks,

I've searched high and low for solution. Here's the skinny:
MySQL Server 5.0 on Windows Server 2003
I have a 156MB sql file I'm trying to import using mysql -uusername -p database < dump.sql
I get an error response of: Error 2006 <HY000> at line 145: Mysql Server has gone away.

I already increase the max_allowed_pac kets to 250MB. And I've already checked the error logs and there are no messages.

I can't split up the file because a table in the database is 135mb to begin with.

Please help.

THanks

[Atli]

Hi.

Try using the SOURCE command from within the MySQL CLI.
(Make sure you log in with a user that has the required privileges to execute the statements in your file.)
[code=mysql]mysql> SOURCE /path/to/file.sql;[/code]
Note that this will simply execute the SQL in the file as if you had copy/pasted it into the MySQL CLI window.

You might also want to make sure the that max_allowed_pac ket increase has taken effect.
[code=mysql]mysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'max_allowed_pa cket';[/code]
Should show you the value in bytes.

[AtTheEnd]

Thanks Atli. It turns out I had to edit the my.ini file and my syntax was wrong.