Brian Erickson wrote:
> here are some options that you can do. On a Xp machine you can setup a
> batch file that looks something like this
>
> {Path to the mysqldump.exe} -h localhost -u root -p{password} -ce
> -add-drop-table {database name} {path\name.dump to the dump file}
>
Why would you expose your password on a batch file?
> repeating the line for every database that you want to backup this way.
>
> From fox you can run the batch !{batch file} then zip then ftp.
>
> to schedule the backup create a scheduled task and point it to the same
> batch file. we had something like this running on a windows 2003 server
> backing up a mySQL server. this will lock the tables as it backs up the
> data but that is a small price to pay for a clean backup of the data.
>
> Hope this helps. If you have any other questions you can email me off
> line.
>
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