If you back them up before you check them, and the check blows up, you still have your backups. Koen Gogne wrote: > hi, > > I'm trying to automate the back up of my MySQL databases, > and before I perform my backup I check my tables using > myisamchk and isamchk. > When myisamchk and isamchk report errors I would like to catch that > and maybe perform a restore operation. > > hence my question: what could go wrong when running myisamchk and isamchk > and what could I get as error / warning messages ? > Can I find a list of all the possible error messages ? > > for know I check the output of both myisamchk and isamchk > for lines containing "error" and "warning" but I would like to search for > more precise > errormessages. > > Who can help me out ?` > > kind regards > Koen Gogne > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php -- Gerald L. Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php