# Try it buttons for MySQL

**URL:** <https://community.codio.com/t/try-it-buttons-for-mysql/25>\
**Category:** Misc. Tips, Tricks and Questions\
**Created:** [February 2, 2022, 10:43pm UTC](https://community.codio.com/t/try-it-buttons-for-mysql/25 "2022-02-02T22:43:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![sjason](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/community.codio.com/sjason/32/13_2.png) [@sjason](https://community.codio.com/u/sjason)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 10:43pm UTC](https://community.codio.com/t/try-it-buttons-for-mysql/25/1 "2022-02-02T22:43:14Z")

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If you want to send the contents of a file to a terminal window running MySQL, you can do it like this:

```auto
{Try it | terminal}(source /home/codio/workspace/q4.sql)

```