Hi Why not something like: SHELL "mysql -u root stock < /home/charles/mySQLbackup/stockDump.sql" WAIT you could also specify a remote server. where stockDump.sql was created by mysqldump. rgds -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/database-tp27723478p27724208.html Sent from the gambas-user mailing list archive at Nabble.com.