[support] drush sql-query returns nothing

[Tim Johnson]

* Tim Johnson <tim at akwebsoft.com> [131104 10:53]:
> I am using drush 5.8 on Mac OSX
> 
> drush sql-query returns nothing at all, can't see to get any
> response whatsoever if I run (as example)
> drush sql-query "show tables;" from sites/default
> 
> the only response I can get is if I run the command above from
> above/outside the site root - and that is the "No database to
> operate on." error..
> 
> could be a very handy feature of drush for me, but I'm clueless on
> how to make it work and `drush help sql-query` doesn't provide me
> with any clues as where to execute from...
  Sorry, I should have included more of a demonstration of the issue
  ..
  from my user root :

  bash-3.2$ drush sql-query 'show table;'
  No database to operate on.

  To be expected...

  from my site root - deliberate error

  /Users/http/sites/akwebsoft
  bash-3.2$ drush sql-query 'show nothing;'
  ERROR 1064 (42000) at line 1: You have an error in your SQL
  syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server
  version for the right syntax to use near 'nothing' at line 1

  Also to be expected 
  now a valid command :

  bash-3.2$ drush sql-query 'show tables;'
  bash-3.2$

  Where's the output??
-- 
Tim 
tim at tee jay forty nine dot com or akwebsoft dot com
http://www.akwebsoft.com, http://www.tj49.com