I seem to have answered my own question :-) The answer is that you have to use -Q or --quote-names in mysqldump
Cheers! Augey Mikus Augey Mikus wrote: > I am attempting to migrate a MySQL driven web application that, in my > opinion, was designed by a stupid monkey. The php web frontend > dynamically creates tables to store chunks of data rather than just > adding rows to existing tables. Don't ask me why! However, when > attempting to migrate the entire database to another system via > mysqldump, mysql gives an error which I assume is associated with the > tables being named by number rather than by name. The error is as > follows: > > ./mysqldump: Can't get CREATE TABLE for table '100007' (You have an > error in your SQL syntax near '100007' at line 1) > > Also, the only way to select data from one of the tables is to use > ticks in the from statement: > > mysql> use MYSTUPIDDATABASE; > mysql> show tables; > ... > ... > ... > 2777 rows in set... <-- in other words, there are 2777 dynamically > created tables, all named by numbers > mysql> select * from 999994; <-- without ticks > ERROR 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax near '999994' at line 1 > mysql> select * from `999994`; <-- with ticks > .... > > that works. however, how do I make it so mysqldump can build the > create statement correctly for these tables? > > Augey Mikus > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
