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Old September 28th, 2000, 12:33 PM
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I'm trying to back up a database on my ISP's server using mysqldump -

mysql -u User -p Password mysqldump db_name > backupfile.sql

I can't get it to work properly. When I opened the backup file I did not find the database structure that I expected -- instead I found that I had copied a mysql help file!

It seems like this should be an easy thing to do (if only I could figure out how to do it)! I would really appreciate any help!

Thanks!
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Old September 28th, 2000, 12:38 PM
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The proper syntax is:

mysqldump -u User -pPassword db_name >backupfile.sql

The reason you got the help dump was that mysqldump is NOT an option for mysql, but it's own executable.

Also, note there is no <space> between -p and Password.
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Old September 28th, 2000, 12:51 PM
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Thank You!! I knew it was a stupid problem, I just didn't realize how stupid!

But I guess that's how you learn.

Thanks again!
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