Thanks very much for your help, but I'm afraid I don't have a workstation to run this from. Also, having this arrive at people's inboxes is incredibly convenient. I'm just at a complete loss as to why the string concatenation doesn't work.
On Nov 12, 1:08 pm, Guillaume <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If your host allows it, you can use your own workstation and program a > script that periodically does something like > > mysqldump -C --host DB_HOSTNAME -u USERNAME -p PASSWORD DB_NAME > > mysdump.sql > > over the network. > > Your mysql needs to be reachable from outside the server. > > My host used to allow it and it was a very convenient and quick (owing > to the C option) way to backup a database remotely. > > There can be security hazards though (but sending the dump via email > too). > > Guillaumehttp://cherryonthe.popnews.com > > On 12 nov, 10:21, technicaltitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > surely it is easier to concatenate a string in PHP than change my > > host?! i'm keen to hear of workarounds, but mostly hoping for help > > with the string handling. > > > our hosting is US$11 per year which is incredibly competitive, we are > > very happy with their service (faultless in several years) and > > familiar with the setup - and every single cent makes a difference in > > bolivia. ( they are bargainvault.com and the website i'm replacing > > iswww.intiwarayassi.org) > > > On Nov 11, 9:55 pm, Steve Boyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > then changes your host. there is incredibly cheap hosting everywhere > > > (well within the USA anyhow) that allows you cron jobs + all the other > > > bells and whistles > > > > On Nov 12, 8:37 am, technicaltitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > because it's for a bolivian volunteer organization we're using > > > > incredibly cheap hosting which doesn't allow us cron jobs. i thought > > > > this would be trivial. > > > > > On Nov 11, 5:21 pm, AD7six <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On Nov 11, 1:33 pm, technicaltitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > <snip> > > > > > > Why would you not use mysqldump and a cron job? > > > > > > AD- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
