database-backups

Since I'm making a full backup of my entire debian system, I was thinking if having a copy of /var/lib/mysql directory is a viable alternative to dumping tables with mysqldump. are all informations needed contained in that directory? can single tables be imported in another mysql? can there be problems while restoring those files on a (probably slightly) different mysql server version? Yes Yes if the table is using the MyISAM (default) engine. Not if it's using InnoDB. Probably not, and if there is, you just need to execute mysql_upgrade to fix them To avoid getting databases in a inconsistent

I have a MySQL user called dump with the following perms: GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO 'dump'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY ... GRANT SELECT, LOCK TABLES ON `mysql`.* TO 'dump'@'%' GRANT SELECT, LOCK TABLES ON `myschema`.* TO 'dump'@'%' I want to dump all data (included triggers and procedures) using the dump user. I call mysqldump in the following way: mysqldump -u dump -p --routines --triggers --quote-names --opt \ --add-drop-database --databases myschema > myschema.sql Everything is OK with the dumped file except for the triggers, they are missing !! The triggers are dumped correctly if I try mysqldump with

How to take database backup using MySQL Workbench? Can we take backup in the following ways- Backup file(.sql) contains both Create Table statements and Insert into Table Statements Backup file(.sql) contains only Create Table Statements, not Insert into Table statements for all tables Backup file(.sql) contains only Insert into Table Statements, not Create Table statements for all tables For Workbench 6.0 Open MySql workbench. To take database backup you need to create New Server Instance (If not available) within Server Administration . Steps to Create New Server Instance : Select New Server

I am using the Database Backup script by David Walsh( http://davidwalsh.name/backup-mysql-database-php ) to backup my MYSQL database as a .sql file to my server. I created a user named backup and gave it all privileges(just to make sure). Then I put the code into a php file and setup a cron job to run the php file. This is the code: /* backup the db OR just a table */ function backup_tables($host,$user,$pass,$name,$tables = '*') { $link = mysql_connect($host,$user,$pass); mysql_select_db($name,$link); //get all of the tables if($tables == '*') { $tables = array(); $result = mysql_query('SHOW