Re: FN-FORUM MySQL database backup

date posted 8th July 2001 23:42

Quoting Willie Jordaan [EMAIL REMOVED]

> Would it be possible to download a local copy of MySQL database.

This is what mysqldump is for.

> Also, how will I get the info already in these databases onto databases
> created by the new hosting company?

Given the output of mysqldump, you can do

mysql -u user --password=password databasename < dumpfile

This all assumes, of course, that you have command line access to the
database. If you don't, it's a little more tricky, but hardly taxing.

James