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How to dump database structure with mysqldump?
Here is how I do it: Dump the database structure of all tables, without any data: mysqldump -u user -p –no-data database > database_structure.sql Then dump the database with data, except the excluded tables, and do not dump the structure:
How to dump InnoDB tables without locking them?
According to the man page, if you are dumping InnoDB tables you can use the –single-transaction option: –lock-tables, -l Lock all tables before dumping them. The tables are locked with READ LOCAL to allow concurrent inserts in the case of MyISAM tables.
Can you run MySQL dump without locking tables?
Honestly, I would setup replication for this, as if you don’t lock tables you will get inconsistent data out of the dump. If the dump takes longer time, tables which were already dumped might have changed along with some table which is only about to be dumped. So either lock the tables or use replication.
How to exclude a table from a backup?
In general using group_concat and concat you can generate almost any desired string or shell command. Suppose there are some test tables in some databases and you want to exclude them from the backup; you can specify using the — exclude-tables option, which will exclude tables with the name test across all databases:
How did I import dump into another database?
Then I imported the dump in another database having same table, but different records.. The importing db had records from primary_key 1 to 1000, and the exporting db had 5000 to 10,000.. But on import the existing records, ie 1 to 1000 got deleted..
How can I skip a table in SQL?
Here is how I do it: Dump the database structure of all tables, without any data: Then dump the database with data, except the excluded tables, and do not dump the structure: command. It specifies a comma-separated list of tables to exclude.
Which is the default option in mysqldump?
The mysqldump, by default, will drop the table. You should specified the –no-create-info option like this: That way, you only have inserts to deal with. Using –skip-extended-insert will insert one row at a time. This help deal with duplicate issues, but you will have import like this: