Re: Stuck & confused

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On 13-Mar-07, at 11:42 AM, M.C wrote:
> The problem is I want to be able to launch vim and then use this  
> window to
> launch mysql before submitting queries to the mysql server which  
> are written
> in vim(the server is local on my comp btw). how would I put 'mysql - 
> p' into
> vim so that I can connect to the server and then how would I submit  
> the
> queries?

IIUC,  you want to run a shell command and 'capture the output' in vim.

To run a command inside vim you preface it with :!
  :!ls  will list your current directory, then prompt you to hit  
enter to go back to using vim

To read in external files you use :r
  :r addMe.txt will add the file to your current document

To run a command inside vim and read in the output you combine the  
commands (very vimmish)
  :r!ls  will add the directory listing to the bottom of your document

So, you should be able to do something like
   :r!mysql -e help
or whatever - the sql I leave to you.

HTH
Brian
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