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.\"     Title: \fBmysqldump\fR
.\"    Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://docbook.sf.net/el/author]
.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.75.2 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
.\"      Date: 04/06/2010
.\"    Manual: MySQL Database System
.\"    Source: MySQL 5.1
.\"  Language: English
.\"
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.\" mysqldump
.\" dumping: databases and tables
.\" backups: databases and tables
.\" databases: dumping
.\" tables: dumping
.SH "NAME"
mysqldump \- a database backup program
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBmysqldump\ [\fR\fB\fIoptions\fR\fR\fB]\ [\fR\fB\fIdb_name\fR\fR\fB\ [\fR\fB\fItbl_name\fR\fR\fB\ \&.\&.\&.]]\fR\ 'u
\fBmysqldump [\fR\fB\fIoptions\fR\fR\fB] [\fR\fB\fIdb_name\fR\fR\fB [\fR\fB\fItbl_name\fR\fR\fB \&.\&.\&.]]\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
The
\fBmysqldump\fR
client is a backup program originally written by Igor Romanenko\&. It can be used to dump a database or a collection of databases for backup or transfer to another SQL server (not necessarily a MySQL server)\&. The dump typically contains SQL statements to create the table, populate it, or both\&. However,
\fBmysqldump\fR
can also be used to generate files in CSV, other delimited text, or XML format\&.
.PP
If you are doing a backup on the server and your tables all are
MyISAM
tables, consider using the
\fBmysqlhotcopy\fR
instead because it can accomplish faster backups and faster restores\&. See
\fBmysqlhotcopy\fR(1)\&.
.PP
There are three general ways to invoke
\fBmysqldump\fR:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
shell> \fBmysqldump [\fR\fB\fIoptions\fR\fR\fB] \fR\fB\fIdb_name\fR\fR\fB [\fR\fB\fItbl_name\fR\fR\fB \&.\&.\&.]\fR
shell> \fBmysqldump [\fR\fB\fIoptions\fR\fR\fB] \-\-databases \fR\fB\fIdb_name\fR\fR\fB \&.\&.\&.\fR
shell> \fBmysqldump [\fR\fB\fIoptions\fR\fR\fB] \-\-all\-databases\fR
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
If you do not name any tables following
\fIdb_name\fR
or if you use the
\fB\-\-databases\fR
or
\fB\-\-all\-databases\fR
option, entire databases are dumped\&.
.PP
\fBmysqldump\fR
does not dump the
INFORMATION_SCHEMA
database by default\&. As of MySQL 5\&.1\&.38,
\fBmysqldump\fR
dumps
INFORMATION_SCHEMA
if you name it explicitly on the command line, although currently you must also use the
\fB\-\-skip\-lock\-tables\fR
option\&. Before 5\&.1\&.38,
\fBmysqldump\fR
silently ignores
INFORMATION_SCHEMA
even if you name it explicitly on the command line\&.
.PP
To see a list of the options your version of
\fBmysqldump\fR
supports, execute
\fBmysqldump \-\-help\fR\&.
.PP
Some
\fBmysqldump\fR
options are shorthand for groups of other options:
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
Use of
\fB\-\-opt\fR
is the same as specifying
\fB\-\-add\-drop\-table\fR,
\fB\-\-add\-locks\fR,
\fB\-\-create\-options\fR,
\fB\-\-disable\-keys\fR,
\fB\-\-extended\-insert\fR,
\fB\-\-lock\-tables\fR,
\fB\-\-quick\fR, and
\fB\-\-set\-charset\fR\&. All of the options that
\fB\-\-opt\fR
stands for also are on by default because
\fB\-\-opt\fR
is on by default\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
Use of
\fB\-\-compact\fR
is the same as specifying
\fB\-\-skip\-add\-drop\-table\fR,
\fB\-\-skip\-add\-locks\fR,
\fB\-\-skip\-comments\fR,
\fB\-\-skip\-disable\-keys\fR, and
\fB\-\-skip\-set\-charset\fR
options\&.
.RE
.PP
To reverse the effect of a group option, uses its
\fB\-\-skip\-\fR\fB\fIxxx\fR\fR
form (\fB\-\-skip\-opt\fR
or
\fB\-\-skip\-compact\fR)\&. It is also possible to select only part of the effect of a group option by following it with options that enable or disable specific features\&. Here are some examples:
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
To select the effect of
\fB\-\-opt\fR
except for some features, use the
\fB\-\-skip\fR
option for each feature\&. To disable extended inserts and memory buffering, use
\fB\-\-opt\fR
\fB\-\-skip\-extended\-insert\fR
\fB\-\-skip\-quick\fR\&. (Actually,
\fB\-\-skip\-extended\-insert\fR
\fB\-\-skip\-quick\fR
is sufficient because
\fB\-\-opt\fR
is on by default\&.)
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
To reverse
\fB\-\-opt\fR
for all features except index disabling and table locking, use
\fB\-\-skip\-opt\fR
\fB\-\-disable\-keys\fR
\fB\-\-lock\-tables\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
When you selectively enable or disable the effect of a group option, order is important because options are processed first to last\&. For example,
\fB\-\-disable\-keys\fR
\fB\-\-lock\-tables\fR
\fB\-\-skip\-opt\fR
would not have the intended effect; it is the same as
\fB\-\-skip\-opt\fR
by itself\&.
.PP
\fBmysqldump\fR
can retrieve and dump table contents row by row, or it can retrieve the entire content from a table and buffer it in memory before dumping it\&. Buffering in memory can be a problem if you are dumping large tables\&. To dump tables row by row, use the
\fB\-\-quick\fR
option (or
\fB\-\-opt\fR, which enables
\fB\-\-quick\fR)\&. The
\fB\-\-opt\fR
option (and hence
\fB\-\-quick\fR) is enabled by default, so to enable memory buffering, use
\fB\-\-skip\-quick\fR\&.
.PP
If you are using a recent version of
\fBmysqldump\fR
to generate a dump to be reloaded into a very old MySQL server, you should not use the
\fB\-\-opt\fR
or
\fB\-\-extended\-insert\fR
option\&. Use
\fB\-\-skip\-opt\fR
instead\&.
.if n \{\
.sp
.\}
.RS 4
.it 1 an-trap
.nr an-no-space-flag 1
.nr an-break-flag 1
.br
.ps +1
\fBNote\fR
.ps -1
.br
.PP
\fBmysqldump\fR
from MySQL 5\&.1\&.21 cannot be used to create dumps from MySQL server 5\&.1\&.20 and older\&. This issue is fixed in MySQL 5\&.1\&.22\&. (\m[blue]\fBBug#30123\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[1]\d\s+2)
.sp .5v
.RE
.PP
\fBmysqldump\fR
supports the following options, which can be specified on the command line or in the
[mysqldump]
and
[client]
option file groups\&.
\fBmysqldump\fR
also supports the options for processing option files described at
Section\ \&4.2.3.3.1, \(lqCommand-Line Options that Affect Option-File Handling\(rq\&.
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: help option
.\" help option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-help\fR,
\fB\-?\fR
.sp
Display a help message and exit\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: add-drop-database option
.\" add-drop-database option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-add\-drop\-database\fR
.sp
Add a
DROP DATABASE
statement before each
CREATE DATABASE
statement\&. This option is typically used in conjunction with the
\fB\-\-all\-databases\fR
or
\fB\-\-databases\fR
option because no
CREATE DATABASE
statements are written unless one of those options is specified\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: add-drop-table option
.\" add-drop-table option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-add\-drop\-table\fR
.sp
Add a
DROP TABLE
statement before each
CREATE TABLE
statement\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: add-locks option
.\" add-locks option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-add\-locks\fR
.sp
Surround each table dump with
LOCK TABLES
and
UNLOCK TABLES
statements\&. This results in faster inserts when the dump file is reloaded\&. See
Section\ \&7.2.21, \(lqSpeed of INSERT Statements\(rq\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: all-databases option
.\" all-databases option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-all\-databases\fR,
\fB\-A\fR
.sp
Dump all tables in all databases\&. This is the same as using the
\fB\-\-databases\fR
option and naming all the databases on the command line\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: all-tablespaces option
.\" all-tablespaces option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-all\-tablespaces\fR,
\fB\-Y\fR
.sp
Adds to a table dump all SQL statements needed to create any tablespaces used by an
NDBCLUSTER
table\&. This information is not otherwise included in the output from
\fBmysqldump\fR\&. This option is currently relevant only to MySQL Cluster tables\&.
.sp
This option was added in MySQL 5\&.1\&.6\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: allow-keywords option
.\" allow-keywords option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-allow\-keywords\fR
.sp
Allow creation of column names that are keywords\&. This works by prefixing each column name with the table name\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: character-sets-dir option
.\" character-sets-dir option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-character\-sets\-dir=\fR\fB\fIpath\fR\fR
.sp
The directory where character sets are installed\&. See
Section\ \&9.5, \(lqCharacter Set Configuration\(rq\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: comments option
.\" comments option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-comments\fR,
\fB\-i\fR
.sp
Write additional information in the dump file such as program version, server version, and host\&. This option is enabled by default\&. To suppress this additional information, use
\fB\-\-skip\-comments\fR\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: compact option
.\" compact option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-compact\fR
.sp
Produce more compact output\&. This option enables the
\fB\-\-skip\-add\-drop\-table\fR,
\fB\-\-skip\-add\-locks\fR,
\fB\-\-skip\-comments\fR,
\fB\-\-skip\-disable\-keys\fR, and
\fB\-\-skip\-set\-charset\fR
options\&.
.if n \{\
.sp
.\}
.RS 4
.it 1 an-trap
.nr an-no-space-flag 1
.nr an-break-flag 1
.br
.ps +1
\fBNote\fR
.ps -1
.br
Prior to MySQL 5\&.1\&.21, this option did not create valid SQL if the database dump contained views\&. The recreation of views requires the creation and removal of temporary tables and this option suppressed the removal of those temporary tables\&. As a workaround, use
\fB\-\-compact\fR
with the
\fB\-\-add\-drop\-table\fR
option and then manually adjust the dump file\&.
.sp .5v
.RE
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: compatible option
.\" compatible option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-compatible=\fR\fB\fIname\fR\fR
.sp
Produce output that is more compatible with other database systems or with older MySQL servers\&. The value of
\fIname\fR
can be
ansi,
mysql323,
mysql40,
postgresql,
oracle,
mssql,
db2,
maxdb,
no_key_options,
no_table_options, or
no_field_options\&. To use several values, separate them by commas\&. These values have the same meaning as the corresponding options for setting the server SQL mode\&. See
Section\ \&5.1.8, \(lqServer SQL Modes\(rq\&.
.sp
This option does not guarantee compatibility with other servers\&. It only enables those SQL mode values that are currently available for making dump output more compatible\&. For example,
\fB\-\-compatible=oracle\fR
does not map data types to Oracle types or use Oracle comment syntax\&.
.sp
\fIThis option requires a server version of 4\&.1\&.0 or higher\fR\&. With older servers, it does nothing\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: complete-insert option
.\" complete-insert option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-complete\-insert\fR,
\fB\-c\fR
.sp
Use complete
INSERT
statements that include column names\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: compress option
.\" compress option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-compress\fR,
\fB\-C\fR
.sp
Compress all information sent between the client and the server if both support compression\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: create-options option
.\" create-options option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-create\-options\fR
.sp
Include all MySQL\-specific table options in the
CREATE TABLE
statements\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: databases option
.\" databases option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-databases\fR,
\fB\-B\fR
.sp
Dump several databases\&. Normally,
\fBmysqldump\fR
treats the first name argument on the command line as a database name and following names as table names\&. With this option, it treats all name arguments as database names\&.
CREATE DATABASE
and
USE
statements are included in the output before each new database\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: debug option
.\" debug option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-debug[=\fR\fB\fIdebug_options\fR\fR\fB]\fR,
\fB\-# [\fR\fB\fIdebug_options\fR\fR\fB]\fR
.sp
Write a debugging log\&. A typical
\fIdebug_options\fR
string is
\'d:t:o,\fIfile_name\fR\'\&. The default value is
\'d:t:o,/tmp/mysqldump\&.trace\'\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: debug-check option
.\" debug-check option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-debug\-check\fR
.sp
Print some debugging information when the program exits\&. This option was added in MySQL 5\&.1\&.21\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: debug-info option
.\" debug-info option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-debug\-info\fR
.sp
Print debugging information and memory and CPU usage statistics when the program exits\&. This option was added in MySQL 5\&.1\&.14\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: default-character-set option
.\" default-character-set option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-default\-character\-set=\fR\fB\fIcharset_name\fR\fR
.sp
Use
\fIcharset_name\fR
as the default character set\&. See
Section\ \&9.5, \(lqCharacter Set Configuration\(rq\&. If no character set is specified,
\fBmysqldump\fR
uses
utf8, and earlier versions use
latin1\&.
.sp
Prior to MySQL 5\&.1\&.38, this option has no effect for output data files produced by using the
\fB\-\-tab\fR
option\&. See the description for that option\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: delayed-insert option
.\" delayed-insert option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-delayed\-insert\fR
.sp
Write
INSERT DELAYED
statements rather than
INSERT
statements\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: delete-master-logs option
.\" delete-master-logs option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-delete\-master\-logs\fR
.sp
On a master replication server, delete the binary logs by sending a
PURGE BINARY LOGS
statement to the server after performing the dump operation\&. This option automatically enables
\fB\-\-master\-data\fR\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: disable-keys option
.\" disable-keys option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-disable\-keys\fR,
\fB\-K\fR
.sp
For each table, surround the
INSERT
statements with
/*!40000 ALTER TABLE \fItbl_name\fR DISABLE KEYS */;
and
/*!40000 ALTER TABLE \fItbl_name\fR ENABLE KEYS */;
statements\&. This makes loading the dump file faster because the indexes are created after all rows are inserted\&. This option is effective only for nonunique indexes of
MyISAM
tables\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: dump-date option
.\" dump-date option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-dump\-date\fR
.sp
If the
\fB\-\-comments\fR
option is given,
\fBmysqldump\fR
produces a comment at the end of the dump of the following form:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
\-\- Dump completed on \fIDATE\fR
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.sp
However, the date causes dump files taken at different times to appear to be different, even if the data are otherwise identical\&.
\fB\-\-dump\-date\fR
and
\fB\-\-skip\-dump\-date\fR
control whether the date is added to the comment\&. The default is
\fB\-\-dump\-date\fR
(include the date in the comment)\&.
\fB\-\-skip\-dump\-date\fR
suppresses date printing\&. This option was added in MySQL 5\&.1\&.23\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: events option
.\" events option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-events\fR,
\fB\-E\fR
.sp
Include Event Scheduler events for the dumped databases in the output\&. This option was added in MySQL 5\&.1\&.8\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: extended-insert option
.\" extended-insert option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-extended\-insert\fR,
\fB\-e\fR
.sp
Use multiple\-row
INSERT
syntax that include several
VALUES
lists\&. This results in a smaller dump file and speeds up inserts when the file is reloaded\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: fields-terminated-by option
.\" fields-terminated-by option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-fields\-terminated\-by=\&.\&.\&.\fR,
.\" mysqldump: fields-enclosed-by option
.\" fields-enclosed-by option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-fields\-enclosed\-by=\&.\&.\&.\fR,
.\" mysqldump: fields-optionally-enclosed-by option
.\" fields-optionally-enclosed-by option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-fields\-optionally\-enclosed\-by=\&.\&.\&.\fR,
.\" mysqldump: fields-escaped-by option
.\" fields-escaped-by option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-fields\-escaped\-by=\&.\&.\&.\fR
.sp
These options are used with the
\fB\-\-tab\fR
option and have the same meaning as the corresponding
FIELDS
clauses for
LOAD DATA INFILE\&. See
Section\ \&12.2.6, \(lqLOAD DATA INFILE Syntax\(rq\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: first-slave option
.\" first-slave option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-first\-slave\fR
.sp
Deprecated\&. Use
\fB\-\-lock\-all\-tables\fR
instead\&.
\fB\-\-first\-slave\fR
is removed in MySQL 5\&.5\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: flush-logs option
.\" flush-logs option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-flush\-logs\fR,
\fB\-F\fR
.sp
Flush the MySQL server log files before starting the dump\&. This option requires the
RELOAD
privilege\&. If you use this option in combination with the
\fB\-\-all\-databases\fR
option, the logs are flushed
\fIfor each database dumped\fR\&. The exception is when using
\fB\-\-lock\-all\-tables\fR
or
\fB\-\-master\-data\fR: In this case, the logs are flushed only once, corresponding to the moment that all tables are locked\&. If you want your dump and the log flush to happen at exactly the same moment, you should use
\fB\-\-flush\-logs\fR
together with either
\fB\-\-lock\-all\-tables\fR
or
\fB\-\-master\-data\fR\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: flush-privileges option
.\" flush-privileges option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-flush\-privileges\fR
.sp
Send a
FLUSH PRIVILEGES
statement to the server after dumping the
mysql
database\&. This option should be used any time the dump contains the
mysql
database and any other database that depends on the data in the
mysql
database for proper restoration\&. This option was added in MySQL 5\&.1\&.12\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: force option
.\" force option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-force\fR,
\fB\-f\fR
.sp
Continue even if an SQL error occurs during a table dump\&.
.sp
One use for this option is to cause
\fBmysqldump\fR
to continue executing even when it encounters a view that has become invalid because the definition refers to a table that has been dropped\&. Without
\fB\-\-force\fR,
\fBmysqldump\fR
exits with an error message\&. With
\fB\-\-force\fR,
\fBmysqldump\fR
prints the error message, but it also writes an SQL comment containing the view definition to the dump output and continues executing\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: host option
.\" host option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-host=\fR\fB\fIhost_name\fR\fR,
\fB\-h \fR\fB\fIhost_name\fR\fR
.sp
Dump data from the MySQL server on the given host\&. The default host is
localhost\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: hex-blob option
.\" hex-blob option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-hex\-blob\fR
.sp
Dump binary columns using hexadecimal notation (for example,
\'abc\'
becomes
0x616263)\&. The affected data types are
BINARY,
VARBINARY, the
BLOB
types, and
BIT\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: ignore-table option
.\" ignore-table option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-ignore\-table=\fR\fB\fIdb_name\&.tbl_name\fR\fR
.sp
Do not dump the given table, which must be specified using both the database and table names\&. To ignore multiple tables, use this option multiple times\&. This option also can be used to ignore views\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: insert-ignore option
.\" insert-ignore option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-insert\-ignore\fR
.sp
Write
INSERT IGNORE
statements rather than
INSERT
statements\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: lines-terminated-by option
.\" lines-terminated-by option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-lines\-terminated\-by=\&.\&.\&.\fR
.sp
This option is used with the
\fB\-\-tab\fR
option and has the same meaning as the corresponding
LINES
clause for
LOAD DATA INFILE\&. See
Section\ \&12.2.6, \(lqLOAD DATA INFILE Syntax\(rq\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: lock-all-tables option
.\" lock-all-tables option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-lock\-all\-tables\fR,
\fB\-x\fR
.sp
Lock all tables across all databases\&. This is achieved by acquiring a global read lock for the duration of the whole dump\&. This option automatically turns off
\fB\-\-single\-transaction\fR
and
\fB\-\-lock\-tables\fR\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: lock-tables option
.\" lock-tables option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-lock\-tables\fR,
\fB\-l\fR
.sp
For each dumped database, lock all tables to be dumped before dumping them\&. The tables are locked with
READ LOCAL
to allow concurrent inserts in the case of
MyISAM
tables\&. For transactional tables such as
InnoDB,
\fB\-\-single\-transaction\fR
is a much better option than
\fB\-\-lock\-tables\fR
because it does not need to lock the tables at all\&.
.sp
Because
\fB\-\-lock\-tables\fR
locks tables for each database separately, this option does not guarantee that the tables in the dump file are logically consistent between databases\&. Tables in different databases may be dumped in completely different states\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: log-error option
.\" log-error option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-log\-error=\fR\fB\fIfile_name\fR\fR
.sp
Log warnings and errors by appending them to the named file\&. The default is to do no logging\&. This option was added in MySQL 5\&.1\&.18\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: master-data option
.\" master-data option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-master\-data[=\fR\fB\fIvalue\fR\fR\fB]\fR
.sp
Use this option to dump a master replication server to produce a dump file that can be used to set up another server as a slave of the master\&. It causes the dump output to include a
CHANGE MASTER TO
statement that indicates the binary log coordinates (file name and position) of the dumped server\&. These are the master server coordinates from which the slave should start replicating after you load the dump file into the slave\&.
.sp
If the option value is 2, the
CHANGE MASTER TO
statement is written as an SQL comment, and thus is informative only; it has no effect when the dump file is reloaded\&. If the option value is 1, the statement is not written as a comment and takes effect when the dump file is reloaded\&. If no option value is specified, the default value is 1\&.
.sp
This option requires the
RELOAD
privilege and the binary log must be enabled\&.
.sp
The
\fB\-\-master\-data\fR
option automatically turns off
\fB\-\-lock\-tables\fR\&. It also turns on
\fB\-\-lock\-all\-tables\fR, unless
\fB\-\-single\-transaction\fR
also is specified, in which case, a global read lock is acquired only for a short time at the beginning of the dump (see the description for
\fB\-\-single\-transaction\fR)\&. In all cases, any action on logs happens at the exact moment of the dump\&.
.sp
It is also possible to set up a slave by dumping an existing slave of the master\&. To do this, use the following procedure on the existing slave:
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04' 1.\h'+01'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP "  1." 4.2
.\}
Stop the slave\'s SQL thread and get its current status:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
mysql> \fBSTOP SLAVE SQL_THREAD;\fR
mysql> \fBSHOW SLAVE STATUS;\fR
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04' 2.\h'+01'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP "  2." 4.2
.\}
From the output of the
SHOW SLAVE STATUS
statement, the binary log coordinates of the master server from which the new slave should start replicating are the values of the
Relay_Master_Log_File
and
Exec_Master_Log_Pos
fields\&. Denote those values as
\fIfile_name\fR
and
\fIfile_pos\fR\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04' 3.\h'+01'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP "  3." 4.2
.\}
Dump the slave server:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
shell> \fBmysqldump \-\-master\-data=2 \-\-all\-databases > dumpfile\fR
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04' 4.\h'+01'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP "  4." 4.2
.\}
Restart the slave:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
mysql> \fBSTART SLAVE;\fR
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04' 5.\h'+01'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP "  5." 4.2
.\}
On the new slave, load the dump file:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
shell> \fBmysql < dumpfile\fR
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04' 6.\h'+01'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP "  6." 4.2
.\}
On the new slave, set the replication coordinates to those of the master server obtained earlier:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
mysql> \fBCHANGE MASTER TO\fR
    \-> \fBMASTER_LOG_FILE = \'\fR\fB\fIfile_name\fR\fR\fB\', MASTER_LOG_POS = \fR\fB\fIfile_pos\fR\fR\fB;\fR
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.sp
The
CHANGE MASTER TO
statement might also need other parameters, such as
MASTER_HOST
to point the slave to the correct master server host\&. Add any such parameters as necessary\&.
.RE
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: no-autocommit option
.\" no-autocommit option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-no\-autocommit\fR
.sp
Enclose the
INSERT
statements for each dumped table within
SET autocommit = 0
and
COMMIT
statements\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: no-create-db option
.\" no-create-db option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-no\-create\-db\fR,
\fB\-n\fR
.sp
This option suppresses the
CREATE DATABASE
statements that are otherwise included in the output if the
\fB\-\-databases\fR
or
\fB\-\-all\-databases\fR
option is given\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: no-create-info option
.\" no-create-info option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-no\-create\-info\fR,
\fB\-t\fR
.sp
Do not write
CREATE TABLE
statements that re\-create each dumped table\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: no-data option
.\" no-data option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-no\-data\fR,
\fB\-d\fR
.sp
Do not write any table row information (that is, do not dump table contents)\&. This is useful if you want to dump only the
CREATE TABLE
statement for the table (for example, to create an empty copy of the table by loading the dump file)\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: no-set-names option
.\" no-set-names option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-no\-set\-names\fR,
\fB\-N\fR
.sp
This has the same effect as
\fB\-\-skip\-set\-charset\fR\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: opt option
.\" opt option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-opt\fR
.sp
This option is shorthand\&. It is the same as specifying
\fB\-\-add\-drop\-table\fR
\fB\-\-add\-locks\fR
\fB\-\-create\-options\fR
\fB\-\-disable\-keys\fR
\fB\-\-extended\-insert\fR
\fB\-\-lock\-tables\fR
\fB\-\-quick\fR
\fB\-\-set\-charset\fR\&. It should give you a fast dump operation and produce a dump file that can be reloaded into a MySQL server quickly\&.
.sp
\fIThe \fR\fI\fB\-\-opt\fR\fR\fI option is enabled by default\&. Use \fR\fI\fB\-\-skip\-opt\fR\fR\fI to disable it\&.\fR
See the discussion at the beginning of this section for information about selectively enabling or disabling a subset of the options affected by
\fB\-\-opt\fR\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: order-by-primary option
.\" order-by-primary option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-order\-by\-primary\fR
.sp
Dump each table\'s rows sorted by its primary key, or by its first unique index, if such an index exists\&. This is useful when dumping a
MyISAM
table to be loaded into an
InnoDB
table, but will make the dump operation take considerably longer\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: password option
.\" password option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-password[=\fR\fB\fIpassword\fR\fR\fB]\fR,
\fB\-p[\fR\fB\fIpassword\fR\fR\fB]\fR
.sp
The password to use when connecting to the server\&. If you use the short option form (\fB\-p\fR), you
\fIcannot\fR
have a space between the option and the password\&. If you omit the
\fIpassword\fR
value following the
\fB\-\-password\fR
or
\fB\-p\fR
option on the command line,
\fBmysqldump\fR
prompts for one\&.
.sp
Specifying a password on the command line should be considered insecure\&. See
Section\ \&5.3.2.2, \(lqEnd-User Guidelines for Password Security\(rq\&. You can use an option file to avoid giving the password on the command line\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: pipe option
.\" pipe option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-pipe\fR,
\fB\-W\fR
.sp
On Windows, connect to the server via a named pipe\&. This option applies only if the server supports named\-pipe connections\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: port option
.\" port option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-port=\fR\fB\fIport_num\fR\fR,
\fB\-P \fR\fB\fIport_num\fR\fR
.sp
The TCP/IP port number to use for the connection\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: protocol option
.\" protocol option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-protocol={TCP|SOCKET|PIPE|MEMORY}\fR
.sp
The connection protocol to use for connecting to the server\&. It is useful when the other connection parameters normally would cause a protocol to be used other than the one you want\&. For details on the allowable values, see
Section\ \&4.2.2, \(lqConnecting to the MySQL Server\(rq\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: quick option
.\" quick option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-quick\fR,
\fB\-q\fR
.sp
This option is useful for dumping large tables\&. It forces
\fBmysqldump\fR
to retrieve rows for a table from the server a row at a time rather than retrieving the entire row set and buffering it in memory before writing it out\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: quote-names option
.\" quote-names option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-quote\-names\fR,
\fB\-Q\fR
.sp
Quote identifiers (such as database, table, and column names) within
\(lq`\(rq
characters\&. If the
ANSI_QUOTES
SQL mode is enabled, identifiers are quoted within
\(lq"\(rq
characters\&. This option is enabled by default\&. It can be disabled with
\fB\-\-skip\-quote\-names\fR, but this option should be given after any option such as
\fB\-\-compatible\fR
that may enable
\fB\-\-quote\-names\fR\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: replace option
.\" replace option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-replace\fR
.sp
Write
REPLACE
statements rather than
INSERT
statements\&. This option was added in MySQL 5\&.1\&.3\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: result-file option
.\" result-file option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-result\-file=\fR\fB\fIfile_name\fR\fR,
\fB\-r \fR\fB\fIfile_name\fR\fR
.sp
Direct output to a given file\&. This option should be used on Windows to prevent newline
\(lq\en\(rq
characters from being converted to
\(lq\er\en\(rq
carriage return/newline sequences\&. The result file is created and its previous contents overwritten, even if an error occurs while generating the dump\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: routines option
.\" routines option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-routines\fR,
\fB\-R\fR
.sp
Included stored routines (procedures and functions) for the dumped databases in the output\&. Use of this option requires the
SELECT
privilege for the
mysql\&.proc
table\&. The output generated by using
\fB\-\-routines\fR
contains
CREATE PROCEDURE
and
CREATE FUNCTION
statements to re\-create the routines\&. However, these statements do not include attributes such as the routine creation and modification timestamps\&. This means that when the routines are reloaded, they will be created with the timestamps equal to the reload time\&.
.sp
If you require routines to be re\-created with their original timestamp attributes, do not use
\fB\-\-routines\fR\&. Instead, dump and reload the contents of the
mysql\&.proc
table directly, using a MySQL account that has appropriate privileges for the
mysql
database\&.
.sp
This option was added in MySQL 5\&.1\&.2\&. Before that, stored routines are not dumped\&. Routine
DEFINER
values are not dumped until MySQL 5\&.1\&.8\&. This means that before 5\&.1\&.8, when routines are reloaded, they will be created with the definer set to the reloading user\&. If you require routines to be re\-created with their original definer, dump and load the contents of the
mysql\&.proc
table directly as described earlier\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: set-charset option
.\" set-charset option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-set\-charset\fR
.sp
Add
SET NAMES \fIdefault_character_set\fR
to the output\&. This option is enabled by default\&. To suppress the
SET NAMES
statement, use
\fB\-\-skip\-set\-charset\fR\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: single-transaction option
.\" single-transaction option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-single\-transaction\fR
.sp
This option sends a
START TRANSACTION
SQL statement to the server before dumping data\&. It is useful only with transactional tables such as
InnoDB, because then it dumps the consistent state of the database at the time when
BEGIN
was issued without blocking any applications\&.
.sp
When using this option, you should keep in mind that only
InnoDB
tables are dumped in a consistent state\&. For example, any
MyISAM
or
MEMORY
tables dumped while using this option may still change state\&.
.sp
While a
\fB\-\-single\-transaction\fR
dump is in process, to ensure a valid dump file (correct table contents and binary log coordinates), no other connection should use the following statements:
ALTER TABLE,
CREATE TABLE,
DROP TABLE,
RENAME TABLE,
TRUNCATE TABLE\&. A consistent read is not isolated from those statements, so use of them on a table to be dumped can cause the
SELECT
that is performed by
\fBmysqldump\fR
to retrieve the table contents to obtain incorrect contents or fail\&.
.sp
The
\fB\-\-single\-transaction\fR
option and the
\fB\-\-lock\-tables\fR
option are mutually exclusive because
LOCK TABLES
causes any pending transactions to be committed implicitly\&.
.sp
This option is not supported for MySQL Cluster tables; the results cannot be guaranteed to be consistent due to the fact that the
NDBCLUSTER
storage engine supports only the
READ_COMMITTED
transaction isolation level\&. You should always use
NDB
backup and restore instead\&.
.sp
To dump large tables, you should combine the
\fB\-\-single\-transaction\fR
option with
\fB\-\-quick\fR\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: skip-comments option
.\" skip-comments option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-skip\-comments\fR
.sp
See the description for the
\fB\-\-comments\fR
option\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: skip-opt option
.\" skip-opt option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-skip\-opt\fR
.sp
See the description for the
\fB\-\-opt\fR
option\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: socket option
.\" socket option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-socket=\fR\fB\fIpath\fR\fR,
\fB\-S \fR\fB\fIpath\fR\fR
.sp
For connections to
localhost, the Unix socket file to use, or, on Windows, the name of the named pipe to use\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: SSL options
.\" SSL options: mysqldump
\fB\-\-ssl*\fR
.sp
Options that begin with
\fB\-\-ssl\fR
specify whether to connect to the server via SSL and indicate where to find SSL keys and certificates\&. See
Section\ \&5.5.6.3, \(lqSSL Command Options\(rq\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: tab option
.\" tab option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-tab=\fR\fB\fIpath\fR\fR,
\fB\-T \fR\fB\fIpath\fR\fR
.sp
Produce tab\-separated text\-format data files\&. For each dumped table,
\fBmysqldump\fR
creates a
\fItbl_name\fR\&.sql
file that contains the
CREATE TABLE
statement that creates the table, and the server writes a
\fItbl_name\fR\&.txt
file that contains its data\&. The option value is the directory in which to write the files\&.
.if n \{\
.sp
.\}
.RS 4
.it 1 an-trap
.nr an-no-space-flag 1
.nr an-break-flag 1
.br
.ps +1
\fBNote\fR
.ps -1
.br
This option should be used only when
\fBmysqldump\fR
is run on the same machine as the
\fBmysqld\fR
server\&. You must have the
FILE
privilege, and the server must have permission to write files in the directory that you specify\&.
.sp .5v
.RE
By default, the
\&.txt
data files are formatted using tab characters between column values and a newline at the end of each line\&. The format can be specified explicitly using the
\fB\-\-fields\-\fR\fB\fIxxx\fR\fR
and
\fB\-\-lines\-terminated\-by\fR
options\&.
.sp
As of MySQL 5\&.1\&.38, column values are converted to the character set specified by the
\fB\-\-default\-character\-set\fR
option\&. Prior to 5\&.1\&.38 or if no such option is present, values are dumped using the
binary
character set\&. In effect, there is no character set conversion\&. If a table contains columns in several character sets, the output data file will as well and you may not be able to reload the file correctly\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: tables option
.\" tables option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-tables\fR
.sp
Override the
\fB\-\-databases\fR
or
\fB\-B\fR
option\&.
\fBmysqldump\fR
regards all name arguments following the option as table names\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: triggers option
.\" triggers option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-triggers\fR
.sp
Include triggers for each dumped table in the output\&. This option is enabled by default; disable it with
\fB\-\-skip\-triggers\fR\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: tz-utc option
.\" tz-utc option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-tz\-utc\fR
.sp
This option enables
TIMESTAMP
columns to be dumped and reloaded between servers in different time zones\&.
\fBmysqldump\fR
sets its connection time zone to UTC and adds
SET TIME_ZONE=\'+00:00\'
to the dump file\&. Without this option,
TIMESTAMP
columns are dumped and reloaded in the time zones local to the source and destination servers, which can cause the values to change if the servers are in different time zones\&.
\fB\-\-tz\-utc\fR
also protects against changes due to daylight saving time\&.
\fB\-\-tz\-utc\fR
is enabled by default\&. To disable it, use
\fB\-\-skip\-tz\-utc\fR\&. This option was added in MySQL 5\&.1\&.2\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: user option
.\" user option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-user=\fR\fB\fIuser_name\fR\fR,
\fB\-u \fR\fB\fIuser_name\fR\fR
.sp
The MySQL user name to use when connecting to the server\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: verbose option
.\" verbose option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-verbose\fR,
\fB\-v\fR
.sp
Verbose mode\&. Print more information about what the program does\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: version option
.\" version option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-version\fR,
\fB\-V\fR
.sp
Display version information and exit\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: where option
.\" where option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-where=\'\fR\fB\fIwhere_condition\fR\fR\fB\'\fR,
\fB\-w \'\fR\fB\fIwhere_condition\fR\fR\fB\'\fR
.sp
Dump only rows selected by the given
WHERE
condition\&. Quotes around the condition are mandatory if it contains spaces or other characters that are special to your command interpreter\&.
.sp
Examples:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
\-\-where="user=\'jimf\'"
\-w"userid>1"
\-w"userid<1"
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqldump: xml option
.\" xml option: mysqldump
\fB\-\-xml\fR,
\fB\-X\fR
.sp
Write dump output as well\-formed XML\&.
.sp
\fBNULL\fR\fB, \fR\fB\'NULL\'\fR\fB, and Empty Values\fR: For a column named
\fIcolumn_name\fR, the
NULL
value, an empty string, and the string value
\'NULL\'
are distinguished from one another in the output generated by this option as follows\&.
.TS
allbox tab(:);
l l
l l
l l
l l.
T{
\fBValue\fR:
T}:T{
\fBXML Representation\fR:
T}
T{
NULL (\fIunknown value\fR)
T}:T{
<field name="\fIcolumn_name\fR" xsi:nil="true" />
T}
T{
\'\' (\fIempty string\fR)
T}:T{
<field name="\fIcolumn_name\fR"></field>
T}
T{
\'NULL\' (\fIstring value\fR)
T}:T{
<field name="\fIcolumn_name\fR">NULL</field>
T}
.TE
.sp 1
Beginning with MySQL 5\&.1\&.12, the output from the
\fBmysql\fR
client when run using the
\fB\-\-xml\fR
option also follows the preceding rules\&. (See
the section called \(lqMYSQL OPTIONS\(rq\&.)
.sp
Beginning with MySQL 5\&.1\&.18, XML output from
\fBmysqldump\fR
includes the XML namespace, as shown here:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
shell> \fBmysqldump \-\-xml \-u root world City\fR
<?xml version="1\&.0"?>
<mysqldump xmlns:xsi="http://www\&.w3\&.org/2001/XMLSchema\-instance">
<database name="world">
<table_structure name="City">
<field Field="ID" Type="int(11)" Null="NO" Key="PRI" Extra="auto_increment" />
<field Field="Name" Type="char(35)" Null="NO" Key="" Default="" Extra="" />
<field Field="CountryCode" Type="char(3)" Null="NO" Key="" Default="" Extra="" />
<field Field="District" Type="char(20)" Null="NO" Key="" Default="" Extra="" />
<field Field="Population" Type="int(11)" Null="NO" Key="" Default="0" Extra="" />
<key Table="City" Non_unique="0" Key_name="PRIMARY" Seq_in_index="1" Column_name="ID"
Collation="A" Cardinality="4079" Null="" Index_type="BTREE" Comment="" />
<options Name="City" Engine="MyISAM" Version="10" Row_format="Fixed" Rows="4079"
Avg_row_length="67" Data_length="273293" Max_data_length="18858823439613951"
Index_length="43008" Data_free="0" Auto_increment="4080"
Create_time="2007\-03\-31 01:47:01" Update_time="2007\-03\-31 01:47:02"
Collation="latin1_swedish_ci" Create_options="" Comment="" />
</table_structure>
<table_data name="City">
<row>
<field name="ID">1</field>
<field name="Name">Kabul</field>
<field name="CountryCode">AFG</field>
<field name="District">Kabol</field>
<field name="Population">1780000</field>
</row>
\fI\&.\&.\&.\fR
<row>
<field name="ID">4079</field>
<field name="Name">Rafah</field>
<field name="CountryCode">PSE</field>
<field name="District">Rafah</field>
<field name="Population">92020</field>
</row>
</table_data>
</database>
</mysqldump>
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.sp
.RE
.PP
You can also set the following variables by using
\fB\-\-\fR\fB\fIvar_name\fR\fR\fB=\fR\fB\fIvalue\fR\fR
syntax:
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
max_allowed_packet
.sp
The maximum size of the buffer for client/server communication\&. The maximum is 1GB\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
net_buffer_length
.sp
The initial size of the buffer for client/server communication\&. When creating multiple\-row
INSERT
statements (as with the
\fB\-\-extended\-insert\fR
or
\fB\-\-opt\fR
option),
\fBmysqldump\fR
creates rows up to
net_buffer_length
length\&. If you increase this variable, you should also ensure that the
net_buffer_length
variable in the MySQL server is at least this large\&.
.RE
.PP
A common use of
\fBmysqldump\fR
is for making a backup of an entire database:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
shell> \fBmysqldump \fR\fB\fIdb_name\fR\fR\fB > \fR\fB\fIbackup\-file\&.sql\fR\fR
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
You can load the dump file back into the server like this:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
shell> \fBmysql \fR\fB\fIdb_name\fR\fR\fB < \fR\fB\fIbackup\-file\&.sql\fR\fR
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
Or like this:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
shell> \fBmysql \-e "source \fR\fB\fI/path\-to\-backup/backup\-file\&.sql\fR\fR\fB" \fR\fB\fIdb_name\fR\fR
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
\fBmysqldump\fR
is also very useful for populating databases by copying data from one MySQL server to another:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
shell> \fBmysqldump \-\-opt \fR\fB\fIdb_name\fR\fR\fB | mysql \-\-host=\fR\fB\fIremote_host\fR\fR\fB \-C \fR\fB\fIdb_name\fR\fR
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
It is possible to dump several databases with one command:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
shell> \fBmysqldump \-\-databases \fR\fB\fIdb_name1\fR\fR\fB [\fR\fB\fIdb_name2\fR\fR\fB \&.\&.\&.] > my_databases\&.sql\fR
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
To dump all databases, use the
\fB\-\-all\-databases\fR
option:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
shell> \fBmysqldump \-\-all\-databases > all_databases\&.sql\fR
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
For
InnoDB
tables,
\fBmysqldump\fR
provides a way of making an online backup:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
shell> \fBmysqldump \-\-all\-databases \-\-single\-transaction > all_databases\&.sql\fR
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
This backup acquires a global read lock on all tables (using
FLUSH TABLES WITH READ LOCK) at the beginning of the dump\&. As soon as this lock has been acquired, the binary log coordinates are read and the lock is released\&. If long updating statements are running when the
FLUSH
statement is issued, the MySQL server may get stalled until those statements finish\&. After that, the dump becomes lock free and does not disturb reads and writes on the tables\&. If the update statements that the MySQL server receives are short (in terms of execution time), the initial lock period should not be noticeable, even with many updates\&.
.PP
For point\-in\-time recovery (also known as
\(lqroll\-forward,\(rq
when you need to restore an old backup and replay the changes that happened since that backup), it is often useful to rotate the binary log (see
Section\ \&5.2.4, \(lqThe Binary Log\(rq) or at least know the binary log coordinates to which the dump corresponds:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
shell> \fBmysqldump \-\-all\-databases \-\-master\-data=2 > all_databases\&.sql\fR
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
Or:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
shell> \fBmysqldump \-\-all\-databases \-\-flush\-logs \-\-master\-data=2\fR
              \fB> all_databases\&.sql\fR
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
The
\fB\-\-master\-data\fR
and
\fB\-\-single\-transaction\fR
options can be used simultaneously, which provides a convenient way to make an online backup suitable for use prior to point\-in\-time recovery if tables are stored using the
InnoDB
storage engine\&.
.PP
For more information on making backups, see
Section\ \&6.2, \(lqDatabase Backup Methods\(rq, and
Section\ \&6.3, \(lqExample Backup and Recovery Strategy\(rq\&.
.\" mysqldump: views
.\" mysqldump: problems
.\" mysqldump: workarounds
.PP
If you encounter problems backing up views, please read the section that covers restrictions on views which describes a workaround for backing up views when this fails due to insufficient privileges\&. See
Section\ \&D.4, \(lqRestrictions on Views\(rq\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.br
.PP
Copyright 2007-2008 MySQL AB, 2008-2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
.PP
This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it only under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
.PP
This documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
.PP
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with the program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA or see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
.sp
.SH "NOTES"
.IP " 1." 4
Bug#30123
.RS 4
\%http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=30123
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
For more information, please refer to the MySQL Reference Manual,
which may already be installed locally and which is also available
online at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/.
.SH AUTHOR
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (http://www.mysql.com/).