Re: mysqldump of DB vs. individual tables

2003-08-19 Thread Dan F
Dan F wrote: Thanks for your reply! Very helpful. Presumably, I can read about SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 0; and it will only apply as long as the file is running, or I can turn it back on at the end of the whole process. Out of curiosity, are you saying mysqldump of a whole DB does some sort

Re: mysqldump of DB vs. individual tables

2003-08-19 Thread Dan F
Thanks for your reply! Very helpful. Presumably, I can read about SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 0; and it will only apply as long as the file is running, or I can turn it back on at the end of the whole process. Out of curiosity, are you saying mysqldump of a whole DB does some sort of global lock

mysqldump of DB vs. individual tables

2003-08-18 Thread Dan F
Folks, I find it useful for browsing to dump each table of a DB, i.e. psuedo-code like foreach table mysqldump --add-drop-table DB table table This produces a file per table, and that file has the DDL and data. My question: does this per-table version capture all the information that doing

Re: mysqldump of DB vs. individual tables

2003-08-18 Thread Paul DuBois
At 8:37 -0500 8/18/03, Dan F wrote: Folks, I find it useful for browsing to dump each table of a DB, i.e. psuedo-code like foreach table mysqldump --add-drop-table DB table table This produces a file per table, and that file has the DDL and data. My question: does this per-table version