mysqldump is an effective tool to backup MySQL database. It creates a *.sql file with DROP table, CREATE table and INSERT into sql-statements of the source database. To restore the database, execute the *.sql file on destination database. For MyISAM, use mysqlhotcopy method that we explained earlier, as it is faster for MyISAM tables. Using [...]
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