mysqldump

Auto-Backup script for mysql in Unix

I'm a Windows user but I've been asked to write a script that runs on Linux that does automatic backup for the MySQL database. I know how to do the backup (using mysqldump) but I don't know how to write a script in Linux and how to schedule it to run daily. How can it be done ? ...

mysql dump issue...

mysql gives me the syntax error with the following line... i dont know what is wrong with this... mysqldump -u root -p root mydatabase > dumpfile.sql i am using windows vista... plz help here.. thnx.. ...

Dump some mysql tables (structure + data) in C#

How can I dump some of the tables from my mysql database into an sql file in C#? Is there a class which does this? UPDATE: just wanted to mention to DO NOT USE mysqldump, because this application will be installed on many computers and the mysql folder could be on different places. ...

mysqldump and restore with special characters. øæåØÆÅ

Locally I do this to dump and move a database, upgrading silverstripe 2.3 to 2.4: mysqldump --opt --default-character-set=latin1 --skip-set-charset --user=$root -p$password $oldDatabase -r db.sql iconv -f LATIN1 -t UTF8 db.sql > db_utf.sql CREATE DATABASE $newDatabase CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_swedish_ci; FLUSH PRIVIL...

How do I restore one database from a mysqldump containing multiple databases?

I have a mysql dump with 5 databases and would like to know if there is a way to import just one of those (using mysqldump or other). Suggestions appreciated. ...

how to stop mysqldump from recording as slow queries

Hi, Im recording slow queries longer than 2 seconds. That is running fine except, the daily backups also get recorded in slow log because 1) mysqldump calls select * from xyz (big table); and 2) when inserting the backup into a new db (yesterday's backup, sundays backup, etc). How to prevent mysqldump from logging slow queries? Is there...

Python subprocess, mysqldump and pipes

I've got a problem trying to build a easy backup/upgrade database script. The error is in the mysqldump call using subprocess: cmdL = ["mysqldump", "--user=" + db_user, "--password=" + db_pass, domaindb + "|", "gzip", ">", databases_path + "/" + domaindb + ".sql.gz"] print "%s: backup database %s \n\t[%s]" % (domain, domaindb, ' '.join...

Django - dumpdata truncate to last n lines.

Hi all, Does anyone have a simple solution to using (or modifying) dumpdata to trucate a simple table down to the last n lines. I like to use dump data for test fixtures but the data size has gotten so large this doesn't make sense. BTW - I didn't design the table I'm just the sucker which has to deal with it. For those who may ask h...

Converting from 5.0.27 to 5.1.41, getting duplicate key errors (1062)

I have a database that's currently running on a 5.0.27 server. I want to move to a new 5.1.41 server. I mysqldump'd all the files. When restoring, I get an error ERROR 1062 (23000) at line 21: Duplicate entry 'weiÃ' for key 'title' I've narrowed the failure down to this script, which I can run and it fails: -- -- Table structure ...

loading mysql dump or text file into microsoft access 2003

Hello, I am not an expert in MS Access, I have been given a text files basically with over hundred thousand records in it and have been asked to load that text file into the MS access database. As I know MySQL, I uploaded that text file into the MySQL database first using normal Load text file command and it worked as expected. How...

dump all mysql tables into separate files automagically?

I'd like to get dumps of each mysql table into separate files. The manual indicates that the syntax for this is mysqldump [options] db_name [tbl_name ...] Which indicates that you know the table names before hand. I could set up the script that knows each table name now, but say I add a new table down the road and forget to update th...

Recreate mysql database structure and stored procedures

I have a set of MYSQL tables on the development server that I need to place on the production server. How can I "recreate" all of them? There are triggers present as well (I think). I need to recreate everything. ...

MySQL - how to backup database to a different server?

Hi, I have 2 databases with MyISAM tables which are updated once a week. They are quite big in size (one DB is 2GB and the other is 6GB). I currently back them up once a week with mysqldump and keep the last 2 weeks' worth of .sql dumps on the same server where the DBs are running. I would like, however, to be able to dump the backups ...

mysqldump takes very long time to restore a backup, what's wrong ?

The backup was made using phpMyAdmin with extended inserts enabled and is ~80MB in size. mysqldump does not complain restoring it (yet!) but it takes a long (>2 hours) time to do so. Insights ? Very stupid of me, I was using a wrong syntax. Reading the manuals fixed it :-) ...

How to dump mysql database?

I want to dump mysql database only the tables which have data, Can u please give me your suggestion. this is more helpful Thanks & Regards, Vara Kumar.PJD ...

mysqldump all tables with data, with create and add-drop tables statements (Urgent help)

Hi all, I need to take back up of mysql database,but condition is that back up file should contains only tables that contains data, and there should be an create and drop statements too. Please me out. its very urgent. I checkd mysqldupm manual pages. did nt get options. Thanks kumar kasimala. ...

i have problem in mysql

Error Code: 1109 Unknown table 'chaindb.credit_trans' in field list i have error-code 1109 in call procedure in mysql help me,please ...

Have a mysqldump with Indexes. How do I import it by disabling them?

I am trying to import a large database but because there's an index, it is taking forever to import the database. I tried copying the raw files to a different machine but for some reason, the largest table is not being read giving me an error: can't read file: 'tablename.MYD. So I mysqldumped my old database but it did so with an index. ...

Migrating mysql database - need to change max_allowed_packets without shell access

I don't have shell access. Database of 8,000 database entries with images and max I can get at a time with the max_allowed_packets parameter is about 30-35. Tried bigdump to no avail. Also downloaded numerous other items. Shell access is not working on the server. Tried to change the max_allowed_packet param in php.ini, my.ini, ...

How do I do a faster MySQL Import?

We need to dump existing production data and then import it to a development DB for final rounds of testing. In pseudo-commands, currently we: mysqldump .... mysql -u __USER__ __DB__ < ./dbdump.sql mysql "sanitize script" The problem is that the middle command does the import and takes over an hour to import 600MB of data. Maybe thi...