Miguel,

Thanks for the reply.
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>  MySQL has a command-line tool called 'mysqldump' which will output a =
text=20
>  file containing all the table creates and inserts necessary to =
recreate=20
>  the database.=20

O.K.=20

Now I have a .txt file of my sql statement.
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>  As others have suggested, you can use phpmyadmin to import this file, =
or=20
>  you can just pipe it into the mysql command-line tool on the server =
once=20
>  you've created your database. Look inside the file created by =
mysqldump=20
>  and all will be much clearer.

I take that to mean (the ISP's remote server where my website resides).  =
Right?

How can I get the compete mysql statement onto the ISP's server?

Please advise.
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What I would like to know is:

I would like to find out the steps one takes in going from the process =
of
having the mysql data reside on my harddrive - localhost - in =
development -
to my ISP's server when it goes live.

The site resides on a remote server (the ISP's) when it is published (or
goes live).

Thank you.
Tony Ritter
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