MySQL backup database

Question

I tried to backup the database from my mysql server.

I am using MYSQL 5.5.

I used the following Command to backup the database.

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Answer 1

The mysqldump command accesses a program and is not called in the mysql command prompt.

It basically does a big SELECT * FROM tables... query and echos the output in your terminal, which is why you redirect the output to save it to a file.

You need to find the direct path to the mysqldump.exe file and then execute it that way.

C:\...\path\to\mysql\bin\mysqldump.exe -uroot -p DATABASE_SCHEMA > C:\backup.txt

Only include the -p flag if your mysql root user account has a password and replace the DATABASE_SCHEMA text with what your database name is called.