How to Create a MySQL Database Backup
From Brian Nelson Ramblings
How to Create a MySQL Database Backup
Create a backup is something you should do nightly or weekly, that way if the database ever crashes beyond repair you will have a backup.
How to backup the entire database
Backing up the entire database
mysqldump –u <username> –p <databasename> > dump.sql
Example:
mysqldump -u brian -p briansnelsonwiki > briansnelsonwiki-backupdate.sql
How to backup just a table in a database
Backing up just the users tables in database briansnelsonwiki
mysqldump -u<username> -p <databasename> <databasetable> > dumptable.sql
Example:
mysqldump -u brian -p briansnelsonwiki users > briansnelsonwiki.users-backupdate.sql
