I have a text file with INSERT INTO Customers VALUES ( ..... , ...... ,
etc ) lines and would like to know how do I tell mysql to use this file to
load a table which I have created......

don wrote:
> I have a text file with INSERT INTO Customers VALUES ( ..... , ...... ,
> etc ) lines and would like to know how do I tell mysql to use this file to
> load a table which I have created......

You can do this with the mysql command-line tool.

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/batch-mode.html

Regards,
Bill K.