> > os.system("mysqldump --add-drop-table -c -u root -pmysql
> > max_everest_2006 > "+target_dir+"/table.bak.sql")
>
> root is my user name,mysql is my password
You shouldn't use root to adnin a database, it leaves you open to
all sorts of security holes.
And you shouldn't post your root password on a public list, I hope it
wasn't really your password or that you changed it immediately!
> but it tolds me that does not recognise mysqldump as an internal
> or external command
I suspect the path needs to be set or more likely you provide the full
path of the mysqldump command to os.system...
HTH,
Alan G
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