Re: question about restoring...

2010-11-12 Thread Andy Wallace
Thanks, guys. I have copies of the innodb files. The boss went whole hog on using zfs for everything, so backups of files are readily available. Looks like I'll be having the db reconstituted... thanks again On 11/12/10 1:05 AM, Johan De Meersman wrote: From the OP: I have a copy of the I

Re: question about restoring...

2010-11-12 Thread Ananda Kumar
If you just need specific records, you can use "-w" option of mysql to extract only the specifc records. Then you can run the dump file into another db. regards anandkl On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 2:35 PM, Johan De Meersman wrote: > From the OP: > > > I have a copy of the INNODB files for these two

Re: question about restoring...

2010-11-12 Thread Johan De Meersman
>From the OP: > I have a copy of the INNODB files for these two tables - is there a way > to extract the table contents from these files short of a full import? > I have to agree, that's quite ambiguous. Andy, is it a copy of the innoDB datafiles, or a database dump that you have ? In the latter

RE: question about restoring...

2010-11-10 Thread Jerry Schwartz
hwartz Cc: Gavin Towey; Andy Wallace; mysql list Subject: Re: question about restoring... On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 11:39 PM, Jerry Schwartz wrote: Then I guess it's a matter of preference. I'd rather edit a text file than build a new instance of MySQL. The way I parse that, you'

Re: question about restoring...

2010-11-09 Thread Johan De Meersman
On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 11:39 PM, Jerry Schwartz wrote: > Then I guess it's a matter of preference. I'd rather edit a text file than > build a new instance of MySQL. > The way I parse that, you're saying that there is a way to reattach ibd files to another database ? -- Bier met grenadyn Is al

RE: question about restoring...

2010-11-09 Thread Jerry Schwartz
#x27;; 'mysql list' >Subject: RE: question about restoring... > >Not if he has the raw innodb files. > > >-Original Message- >From: Jerry Schwartz [mailto:je...@gii.co.jp] >Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 11:05 AM >To: Gavin Towey; 'Andy Wallace'; &#

RE: question about restoring...

2010-11-09 Thread Gavin Towey
Not if he has the raw innodb files. -Original Message- From: Jerry Schwartz [mailto:je...@gii.co.jp] Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 11:05 AM To: Gavin Towey; 'Andy Wallace'; 'mysql list' Subject: RE: question about restoring... That's overkill. You should b

RE: question about restoring...

2010-11-09 Thread Jerry Schwartz
l: je...@gii.co.jp Web site: www.the-infoshop.com >-Original Message- >From: Gavin Towey [mailto:gto...@ffn.com] >Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 1:50 PM >To: Andy Wallace; mysql list >Subject: RE: question about restoring... > >No, you should import the data into another instan

RE: question about restoring...

2010-11-09 Thread Gavin Towey
No, you should import the data into another instance of mysql to extract the records. Regards, Gavin Towey -Original Message- From: Andy Wallace [mailto:awall...@ihouseweb.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 10:34 AM To: mysql list Subject: question about restoring... So, I got a

question about restoring...

2010-11-09 Thread Andy Wallace
So, I got a request this morning to recover some specific records for a client. I just want a handful of records from a couple of tables here. I have a copy of the INNODB files for these two tables - is there a way to extract the table contents from these files short of a full import? thanks, ans