Backing up your MySQL data    Monday, December 27 2004 @ 03:26 PM EST Contributed by: glosser In this tutorial from the NewsForge, we learn how to backup data in MySQL using built-in features. If you have ever pulled your hair out in frustration over data loss, no doubt the word 'backup' has special meaning in your life. Databases offer a nice way to catalog data, but with the amount of data being trusted into MySQL databases these days, the after-effects of an unwise DROP DATABASE command, an unlucky system crash, or a failed hand-edit of the table structure are catastrophic and can be unrecoverable -- unless you have a backup to restore from. MySQL has a built-in command line utility called mysqldump that works with the MySQL server to create platform-independent text files full of the database's content. To backup a database called sample_db, issue this command: Full tutorial   [ Views: 1543 ]

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