> hi
>
> i want to dump the contents of one table into a text
> file ... can you tell me what i've done wrong ?
>
> i tried :
>
> mysqldump --opt --tables studenttable > myfile.txt
> mysqldump --opt --databases [studenttable] > myfile.txt
> mysqldump --opt database [studenttable] > myfile.txt
>
> but all these result in an error ... i can dump the whol database but not the table
> studenttable
mysqldump database_name table_name >myfile.txt
/ Carsten
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Carsten H. Pedersen
Keeper and maintainer of the bitbybit.dk MySQL FAQ
http://www.bitbybit.dk/mysqlfaq
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