MySQL Database Backup using mysqldump command.

If you have shell or telnet access to your web server, you can backup your MySQL data by using the mysqldump command. This command connects to the MySQL server and creates an SQL dump file. The dump file contains the SQL statements necessary to re-create the database. Here is the proper syntax::

~# mysqldump –opt -u [uname] -p[pass] [dbname] > [backupfile.sql]

• [uname] Your database username

• [pass] The password for your database (note there is no space between -p and the password)

• [dbname] The name of your database

• [backupfile.sql] The filename for your database backup

• [–opt] The mysqldump option

For example, to backup a database named ‘IT-Tutorials-Online’ with the username ‘root’ and with no password to a file itto_backup.sql, you should accomplish this command::[read more..]

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