Re: mysqldump and a running mysql

2001-11-17 Thread Sinisa Milivojevic
Chris Aitken writes: > Hi all, > > > 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 t

mysqldump and a running mysql

2001-11-13 Thread Chris Aitken
Hi all, 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