yes - seems logical. i will give this a try and report back if it works - probably be tomorrow or the day after.

Ok - I think I see what your getting at......the data resides on a hosted database at an ISP called Webfusion. In their control panel I get the options to...

forgive my extreme ignorance....so - before trying to import the data I run the command you specified then run the rest of the sql insert statements?

what does the 103 mean in the statement? And not sure I am making mysef clear...when I expoted the old data it basically dumped a massive sql file. Now I...