Jeff Isom writes:
> I am using MySQLGUI 1.7.5-1 on Windows 2000.  When I save a query result to
> a file it seems to save it as a Hex output. Is this what is supposed to
> happen?  Can this be used to backup a database?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Jeff
> 

It will save query results in a file in  escaped form. 

For backup use mysqldump or mysqlhotcopy or BACKUP TABLE command.

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