On Fri, Aug 02, 2002 at 03:55:52PM -0700, Desmond Lee wrote: > Hi guys > > I know that you can import data into a table by using 'load data infile' or > 'mysql' import. > > however, is there something that allows you to export the create statemtns > for the table schema and the data of a database for backup. SO that if we > reinstall the whole thing from scratch all we need are the exported files > that will recreate the whole database from the time we exported?
mysqldump will do it. Jeremy -- Jeremy D. Zawodny | Perl, Web, MySQL, Linux Magazine, Yahoo! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | http://jeremy.zawodny.com/ MySQL 3.23.51: up 64 days, processed 1,352,277,811 queries (240/sec. avg) --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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