MySQL puts each database under the intallation's data directory, these are the (myisam tables) data, index and structure files. If you put these files under a directory with the same name as the database's, your MySql installation should recognize them... Is it what you asked?
On 1/10/07, Kevin Cully <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've got a new client that keeps sending me a copy of their MySQL > directory from their server instead of a proper backup of the MySQL > database. > > Are these files of any use to me? Is there a way to force my MySQL > installation to recognize these files as belonging to their installation? > > The directory is filled with *.MYD, *.MYI, *.frm files plus a db.opt file. > > I'm speaking to their network administrator and he doesn't know anything > about MySQL and he wasn't at a machine to walk him through backing up > his db. Frustrating. I guess they're not backing up their database at > all, eh? > > -- > Kevin Cully > CULLY Technologies, LLC > > Sponsor of Fox Forward 2006! > http://foxforward.net > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
