Without seeing the actual command you are using, the best I can do is guess.
Perhaps you're not using password, specifying a user or maybe your database
is empty. However, this is probably not the case as you should have gotten
other errors. Have you tried a sanity check on the database?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Bringe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 4:36
Subject: unusable mysqlshow and mysqldum under 3.23.36
> Hi,
> we compile and install from tarball source mysql 3.23.36. mysql-server
seems
> to work but if I try mysqldump or mysqlshow, I only get version banner
from
> mysqld. mysqldump is important for dayly saving the database on tape, so
we
> can't live withoit it.
> Strange behavour: If I use a wrong db-name mysqlshow/dump throw an error.
If
> I use an existing db, I get an empty answer.
>
> What's wrong?
>
> Thanks for any suggestions
>
> Martin
>
>
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