-you want to
+you want to do something like this
$ su
# mysqladmin create openstreetmap
> exit
# exit
$ mysql openstreetmap -u openstreetmap -p < db/create_database.sql
+
+(the last line above gets you to what the server has right now)
+
+$ mysql openstreetmap -u openstreetmap -p < db/migrate.sql
+
+(this line gets you to where its going to be when we go live with rails)