On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 03:56:42PM -0900, Joshua J.Kugler wrote: > > In that case, i would highly recommend using mysqldump to backup > your databases. Simply compressing the actual DB's could give you > tables in inconsistent states, UNLESS you first shut down your DB > server, then run the backup.
Not true at all. Try this: FLUSH TABLES WITH READ LOCK <back stuff up> UNLOCK TABLES It's safe and keeps the server on-line. Jeremy -- Jeremy D. Zawodny, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Technical Yahoo - Yahoo Finance Desk: (408) 349-7878 Fax: (408) 349-5454 Cell: (408) 685-5936 MySQL 3.23.47-max: up 9 days, processed 318,436,941 queries (379/sec. avg) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
