mysqldump is not really a data manipulation tool.. as the name implies, it is a dumper.
What you are trying to accomlish can be done rather elegantly via the SELECT .. INTO OUTFILE syntax http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/select.html and then loaded into your new structure via LOAD INFILE http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/load-data.html - michael dykman On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Brian Dunning <br...@briandunning.com> wrote: > Sorry if this is a n00b question, I did read the docs for mysqldump before > posting, but couldn't figure it out. > > I'm successfully doing a mysqldump, but I want only a few of the columns, > and want them in a different order. Is this possible without substantially > slowing it down? The table has about 5 million records. > > Currently I'm doing this: > mysqldump -uxxxt -pxxx -t -T/var/www/folder db_name table_name > --fields-enclosed-by=\" --fields-terminated-by=, > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=mdyk...@gmail.com > > -- - michael dykman - mdyk...@gmail.com "May you live every day of your life." Jonathan Swift -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org