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#1 2007-08-26 12:20:38

carrotrope
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From: Edinburgh
Registered: 2007-03-16
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Settings for successful SQL dump

Hi all,

So I’m making the move to a MediaTemple (gs) account and I’m exporting a SQL dump from PHPMyAdmin – I just wanted to know what options should and shouldn’t be selected for a successful export and then import. I’m talking options like ‘Add DROP DATABASE’, ‘Extended Inserts’ etc – I’m fairly new to SQL and have no idea what most of these options imply.. what’s the best configuration for Textpattern?

Thanks,
Jez

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#2 2007-08-26 15:52:11

ruud
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Re: Settings for successful SQL dump

You don’t need ‘drop database’ or ‘extended inserts’.
When moving between hosts, it’s probably more important to know which MySQL versions are used on the old and new hosts, since that can cause charset issues when migrating.

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#3 2007-08-26 17:02:41

carrotrope
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From: Edinburgh
Registered: 2007-03-16
Posts: 39

Re: Settings for successful SQL dump

Ruud,

Thanks – both are 4.1 so hopefully there won’t be any issues there.

So currently, when exporting the SQL dump, these are the options I have selected:

Export (SQL)
Structure (Add AUTO_INCREMENT value) and (Enclose table and field names with backquotes)
Data (Complete inserts) and (Use hexadecimal for binary fields)

At least, these are the default selected options when I select ‘Export’ – Does this all seem to be in order?
Jez

Last edited by carrotrope (2007-08-26 17:04:16)

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#4 2007-08-27 03:19:09

Mary
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Re: Settings for successful SQL dump

Extended inserts import much, much faster in my experience. You’d have to work with large databases to notice it though (in which case you’d use mysqldump instead of phpMyAdmin).

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