Thanks, but I have innodb tables as well. I don't see any caveats in the docs for mysqldump, so I'm *assuming* it'll work correctly, but I'd like to hear from someone who is counting on it in a production environment, just to be sure.
Thanks, Lou ----- Original Message ----- From: "McKeever Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 8:39 PM Subject: Re: Backing Up a Database > > > On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 18:16 , Lou Olsten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: > > >For the time I've been testing, I've used the procedures outlined in the help to take my backups, which entails doing a FLUSH TABLES WITH > READ LOCK in my MySQL monitor, then going to a shell prompt and executing the mysqldump utility, then issuing the UNLOCK TABLES from my > MySQL monitor. > > > > > > > >Now I'm trying to schedule all this and I have a question about using just mysqldump. If I use the --lock-tables parm, am I getting the same > functionality? The reason I'm concerned is because the help says: The FLUSH TABLES statement is needed to ensure that the all active index > pages are written to disk before you start the backup. > > > > > > I cant answer your question directly, but I suggest looking at mysqlhotcopy > > > > >Can I make sure that happens without moving back and forth between the MySQL monitor and the mysqldump utility? > > > > > > > >Thanks, > > > > > > > >Lou > > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > Chris McKeever > If you want to reply directly to me, please use cgmckeever--at--prupref---dot---com > <A href="http://www.prupref.com";>www.prupref.com</A> > Prudential Preferred Properties > <A href="http://www.prupref.com";>Chicago and Illinois NorthShore Real Estate Experts</A> > > > > > > ---- Prudential Preferred Properties www.prupref.com > Success Driven By Results > Results Driven By Commitment > Commitment Driven By Integrity > We Are Prudential Preferred Properties > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
