Re: MySQL Table backup

Your not trying to run that from within MySQL are you? You do know that mysqldump is an entirely seperate command then the mysql console (where you would for instance type, USE DB; SELECT blah FROM table) right? On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 10:26, Shaun wrote: 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 -- 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

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