Chris Aitken writes:
> Hi all,
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>
> Just a real quick question about using mysqldump. Should I shutdown mysql
> before running mysqldump, or can I successfully do a mysqldump of my whole
> database while mysql is still running/processing records.
>
>
> I have a very big database, and want to go a daily dump backup, but I
> really dont want to have any downtime to process the backup.
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>
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> Any info would be appreciated.
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> Chris
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Hi!
mysqldump will not work without mysql server. Just use --opt option
when running mysqldump.
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