On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Ramnarayan.K <ramnaraya...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi
Hi > The question is - can i import this database into an offline software to > know what kind of data exists (if at all) - Install mysql on your local machine. - Import the backup into mysql database - Install mysql-admin(don't confuse with mysqladmin, mysql-admin is a GUI tool to administer MySQL databases), if you aren't comfortable handling mysql-client from CLI. > the file is named something like this eurofoo_drp2.sql (eurofoo_drp2.zip is > the compressed version) I usually prefer to have it in gzip or bzip2 format so I can run it through zcat or bzcat. I'm not sure if there's any such tool for zip files. zcat eurofoo_drp2.sql.gz | mysql -u <user> -p <database> -- With Regards, Mehul Ved -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
