title: MySQL 5.5 - Issues importing a large sql file via command line
body: <p>I have been trying for quite a while to import a large (4GB) sql dump file with the MySQL command line. I always get a "MySQL server has gone away" error at a particular line, or if I split the file into smaller chunks (about 512 MB), I get an error about the maximum allowed packet size exceeded, again around the same line. From what I have read, the solution is to change the max_allowed_packet size in my.ini to a large number and restart, but I have done so with no luck. I have also tried the import using the command line parameter, --max_allowed_packet=2147483648, no luck there either. Is there something else that I am missing here? I've exhausted all of the other forum suggestions, maybe someone has another idea I can try. Thanks,</p>
  
  <p>JW</p>