Are you running on Windows? I seem to recall that you can't normally schedule a task unless the user has a password. That might apply only to XP Pro, I don't know about the server versions of Windows.
Regards, Jerry Schwartz The Infoshop by Global Information Incorporated 195 Farmington Ave. Farmington, CT 06032 860.674.8796 / FAX: 860.674.8341 www.the-infoshop.com www.giiexpress.com www.etudes-marche.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Blezien [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 11:52 AM > To: John Meyer; MySQL General > Subject: Re: Scheduled backups > > Hello, > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Meyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "MySQL General" <mysql@lists.mysql.com> > Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 10:26 AM > Subject: Re: Scheduled backups > > > >J Trahair wrote: > >> Hi Everyone > >> > >> I have set up a scheduled backup using MySQL Administrator. Stored > >> connection, database, dates and time, even the Windows > user password (in > >> fact, blank). It doesn't start at the correct time, or > indeed any time. > >> > >> Have I missed something? > >> > >> Thanks for your help. > >> > >> Jonathan Trahair > >> > > > > OS and version? > > > > this is a nice MySQL B/U bash script we've been using for > sometime and works > quite nicely, on a LINUX system. > MySQL Backup Script VER. 2.5 - > http://sourceforge.net/projects/automysqlbackup/ > > > Mike(mickalo)Blezien > =============================== > Thunder Rain Internet Publishing > Providing Internet Solution that Work > http://www.thunder-rain.com > =============================== > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: > http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]