Backup database(s) using query without using mysqldump

Question

I\'d like to dump my databases to a file.

Certain website hosts don\'t allow remote or command line access, so I have to do this using a series of queries.

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Answer 1

Use / Install PhpMySQLAdmin on your web server and click export. Many web hosts already offer you this as a service pre-configured, and it's easy to install if you don't already have it (pure php): http://www.phpmyadmin.net/

This allows you to export your database(s), as well as perform other otherwise tedious database operations very quickly and easily -- and it works for older versions of PHP < 5.3 (unlike the Mysqldump.php offered as another answer here).

I am aware that the question states 'using query' but I believe the point here is that any means necessary is sought when shell access is not available -- that is how I landed on this page, and PhpMyAdmin saved me!