RE: Database Backup Question

2003-02-17 Thread Loren McDonald
viewer/Editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.GodsOfMusic.com -Original Message- From: KH Chiu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 9:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Database Backup Question Sorry I am in a bit hurry and just post some hints on

Re: Database Backup Question

2003-02-17 Thread KH Chiu
Sorry I am in a bit hurry and just post some hints on your question. It is more than one way to do your job. One of the trival way is to use php function 'exec'. This function can execute shell programs. It means that you can execute mysqldump etc. and create dump file. >From my experience, you

Database Backup Question

2003-02-17 Thread Loren McDonald
This is actually more a PHP question but since it refers to a MySQL database I thought I would ask here. I may not be looking in the right places but, I can't seem to find a way to do a database backup through PHP (other than BACKUP TABLE, which I don't want to use if possible) What I mean is thi