SQL File Upload to MySQL Server I'm fairly new to databases. I want to upload a .sql file to a mysql server. However the database I want to update contains many .frm .myi .myd files. Should I delete those files and replace with the .sql?

Any suggestions/tips would be greatly appreciated.
Back up the old database files to a dump using mysqldump -u username -p database_name &gt; dump.sql then import the new sql file using mysql -u username -p database_name &lt; new_sql_file.sql.