On a number of occasions I have attempted to import an exported MySQL database file and received the following message.
/* SQL Error (1064): 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 '?# -------------------------------------------------------- # Host: ' at line 1 */
/* Error with snippets directory: The specified path was not found */
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# Host: 127.0.0.1
# Server version: 5.5.40 - MySQL Community Server (GPL)
# Server OS: Win32
# HeidiSQL version: 7.0.0.4053
# Date/time: 2014-01-20 09:48:36
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