On 2006-11-09 VenuGopal Papasani wrote: > hi all, > I have got a problem with mysql and i want to uninstall it and then > re-install it but the problem is how to recover my data. This seldom solves problems. What problem do you have, maybe we can help without having you uninstall your server :)
> My mysqldump command is not working. hat does it do wrong? (hint: remember max_allowed_packet for big tables and use --opt). > Can i have any other procedure to recover my data like copying the folder of > my database from the data folder and then making a backup. If you are using MyISAM/ISAM/BDB it's safe to copy the tables *IF* the server is shutdown (else it could have data in memory that was not yet written to disk). > But when i tried i m getting the following error as * > databasename.tablename doesn't exist* Who gives you that error? /bin/cp? Or an SQL command? What does "find /var/lib/mysql/ -ls" and "df -h" say? bye, -christian- -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
