do you mean to execute a query that's written in a file?
if so, there are two ways:
for bournse shell type shells ( including WinNT/2K )
mysql --user=myname --password=mypassword -D dbname -v <
file.sql > outfile.log2&>1
for c-shell based shells
Q1: I am not sure what you mean by executing queries through files. Do you
mean being able to run a query from a script like this?
#!/bin/sh
mysql -t -p password -u usename databasename << EOF
Select * From mytable;
EOF
Q2: There are mailing list archives available at http://lists.mysql.com .
