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Re: Moving MySQL database from one machine to another and remotely accessing dbs?



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On 09/10/07 15:59, Wayne Topa wrote:
> Ron Johnson(ron.l.johnson@cox.net) is reported to have said:
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>> On 09/10/07 11:27, Wayne Topa wrote:
>>> Ron Johnson(ron.l.johnson@cox.net) is reported to have said:
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>>>> On 09/10/07 10:50, ArcticFox wrote:
>>>>> On Sep 10, 2007, at 10:42 AM, Wayne Topa wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Ron Johnson(ron.l.johnson@cox.net) is reported to have said:
>>>>>>> On 09/10/07 10:00, Wayne Topa wrote:
>>>>>>> [snip]
>>>>>>>> I just used it, on Mysql 5 to transfer all my databases to a new
>>>>>>>> server and it's great.  Just be sure no one is using the DB when you
>>>>>>>> run mysqldump.
>>>>>>> Why not?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Because my guru, Paul DuBois, said so.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> WT
>>>>>>
>>>>> And there's a chance that you'll end up with missing/corrupt or
>>>>> incomplete data being moved.
>>>> But isn't MySQL5 supposed to be Enterprise Ready?  Any "enterprise"
>>>> RDBMS worthy of the appellation can do hot backups *and* PITR
>>>> (point-in-time recovery).
> I took the above as an invitation to start yet another long thread
> about how much better postgresql was.  As I did not want to get you
> started on that, again, I just ignored it.  :-) 

Bashing MySQL is a pleasure all it's own.

>>> Yes, I think it is, but the OP said he was using 4.1 and thats what my
>>> DuBois Mysql 4.1 book and Articfox said.  It might corrupt files 'if'
>>> there were read/writes while running mysqldump.
>> Hmmm.   I mentioned v5 because you said that you use it.
> 
> Checking my reference (you know who), I do not find the caution about
> mysqldump in his books on MySQL 5.0.  I have never stopped anyone from
> using the server when I used mysqldump and never had a problem anyway.

Good to know.

> Thanks for you interest though.  :-)



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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

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