Re: mysqldump

On Aug 17, 2010, at 11:40 AM, tedd wrote: > At 2:17 PM -0400 8/17/10, Robert Cummings wrote: >> On 10-08-17 02:08 PM, tedd wrote: >>> Hi gang: >>> >>>> At 6:11 PM -0400 8/13/10, Daniel P. Brown wrote: >>>> Easiest method, from the command line on the server from which you >>>> want to dump the database: >>>> >>>> mysqldump -u user -p database_name> outfile.sql >> >> Command is wrong... should be: >> >> mysqldump -u user -p password database_name > outfile.sql > > > I did catch that, but did not correct it in my post (considering it was a direct quote). > > ------- Actually, mysqldump -u user -p password database_name > outfile.sql is also the incorrect command. When providing the password in the command, there should not be a space between the "-p" and the actual password. Try mysqldump -u user -ppassword database_name > outfile.sql and see if that gets you anywhere.