Re: MySQL Table backup

thanks for the reply, but that didn't help ERROR 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'mysqldump -h localhost -u xxx -p xxx backup.sql' at line 1 any ideas? "Adam Voigt" <adam@cryptocomm.com> wrote in message news:1039447164.14254.5.camel@beowulf.cryptocomm.com... Take off the " > backup.sql" and see if you get any error's that might explain it. On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 10:07, Shaun wrote: Hi, I am trying to backup my database can someone please tell me why the following commande wont work? mysqldump -h localhost -u username -p databasename > backup.sql thanks for your help -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- Adam Voigt (adam@cryptocomm.com) The Cryptocomm Group My GPG Key: http://64.238.252.49:8080/adam_at_cryptocomm.asc