Hello;-) I recently lost the entire mysql Database when my harddrive crashed, fortunately, I thought, I had backed up all of the tables via "Backup tables Address,Travel, etc to '/apps/back/mysql/database';" The command worked, (once I created the directory and gave read/write power to mysql.daemon. And so I wasn't much worried until it came time to restore the relevant tables. I then issued the query "restore tables Address from '/apps/bak/mysql/database/Address';" and it didn't work. It kept telling me that it couldn't read the .frm file. But I just tried something and it did work, I left off the name of the table:-) Thanx Loads -- cya l8r Leon D. McClatchey mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:#112341159 Finagle's First Law: If an experiment works, something has gone wrong. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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