Tag: Database

You should upload the dump file to the MySQL server, and type this command to import the databases into the MySQL server. mysql -u username –ppassword database_name <

To export a MySQL database into a dump file, simply type the following command syntax in the shell. mysqldump -u username –ppassword database_name > dump.sql Replace username, password,

If You need to export only the MySQL database’s tables’ structures use –no-data switch. mysqldump -u username -ppassword –no-data database_name > dump.sql [box type=”warning”] Don’t put space after

Use –databases option for exporting several databases. mysqldump -u username -ppassword –databases db_name1 [db_name2 ...] >dump.sql

To damp all MySQL databases, use the –all-databases option. mysqldump -u username –p password –all-databases > dump.sql

For exporting MySQL database’s only the data, use –no-create-info option. The dump will not re-create the database, tables, fields, and other structures when importing. mysqldump -u username -ppassword

There are two methods to backup MySQL, first method is by copying all files such have extentions *.frm, *.MYD, and *.MYI, and second is by using mysqlhotcopy utility,