On Sat, Nov 25, 2000 at 06:19:36PM +0000, Jonathan Stowe wrote:

> Nope.  Most proper database servers will allow you to take a backup of the
> data in a consistent manner whilst it is still being used whereas you have
> to ensure that your text file isnt being accessed while you copy it to
> whatever medium you care to do your backups on.
> 
> Dont get confused by MySQL and the like. 

Feh.  Even MySQL lets you take a backup without taking the database
offline!

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