Hi Ben, You need to run mysqldump command in the unix shell prompt, NOT in mysql shell. See: http://www.mysql.com/doc/m/y/mysqldump.html
Gurhan -----Original Message----- From: Ben Ocean [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 11:45 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MySQLDump Hi; I can't get a dump of a database! I'm in as every user I have and get this: mysql> mysqldump --databases nwhotspring > a.a; ERROR 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'mysqldump --databases nwhotspring > a.a' at line 1 I can't even run mysqldump --help without getting that error! What am I doing wrong? TIA, BenO --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
