mysql, dump, database restore

Question

I have dumped my database with the following command:

mysqldump -uuser -ppassword db_name > file

then I completely removed my database:

Answer 1

mysqldump is for dumping the database. You've created a new empty database, and then dumped that empty database. Use mysql instead to reload your dump

mysqldump db > dump.sql
mysql drop/create
mysql db < dump.sql

would be the basic command sequence.