title: ERROR 1064 (42000) while importing .sql file into MySQL
body: <p>I'm trying to import a client's database dump into my MySQL 5.5.27 (for Win64) running on Windows Vista 64 bit. However, I get </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>ERROR 1064 (42000) at line 24: 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 '*/'
    at line 8</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I've pasted the first several lines of the dump file below:</p>
  
  <pre><code>CREATE DATABASE  IF NOT EXISTS `foobar` /*!40100 DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 */;
  USE `foobar`;
  -- MySQL dump 10.13  Distrib 5.5.16, for osx10.5 (i386)
  --
  -- Host: localhost    Database: foobar
  -- ------------------------------------------------------
  -- Server version   5.5.21
  
  /*!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT=@@CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT */;
  /*!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS=@@CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS */;
  /*!40101 SET @OLD_COLLATION_CONNECTION=@@COLLATION_CONNECTION */;
  /*!40101 SET NAMES utf8 */;
  /*!40103 SET @OLD_TIME_ZONE=@@TIME_ZONE */;
  /*!40103 SET TIME_ZONE='+00:00' */;
  /*!40014 SET @OLD_UNIQUE_CHECKS=@@UNIQUE_CHECKS, UNIQUE_CHECKS=0 */;
  /*!40014 SET @OLD_FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=@@FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS, FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0 */;
  /*!40101 SET @OLD_SQL_MODE=@@SQL_MODE, SQL_MODE='NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO' */;
  /*!40111 SET @OLD_SQL_NOTES=@@SQL_NOTES, SQL_NOTES=0 */;
  
  --
  -- Temporary table structure for view `reference`
  --
  
  CREATE TABLE `reference` (
    `xyz` varchar(50),
    `ABC` varchar(50),
    `asdf` varchar(50),
    `abcd` varchar(7),
    `Axe` varchar(255),
    `Age` varchar(255)
  ) ENGINE=MyISAM */;
  SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client;
  </code></pre>