Restore MySQL Database Backup using command line

z7oofy — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:35:15 +0000

If you are trying to restore a large database backup back to your MySQL Server, You know that phpMyAdmin is NOT the best solution for the task, beacause of it’s execution limitaion settings it will reject your file being executed. So one way to archive this is to use the mysql command prompt interface. the syntaxt to back up your database unsing command links is.

mysql -u {UserName} -p {TargetDatabase} < {SourceDumpFile}

{UserName} = Your Database username

{TargetDatabase}= Your Target Databse

{SourceDumpFile}= Your SQL Dump File

once you run the above line correctly. you should be prompt for a password, Enter your database password and continue. (the restoring time depends on the size of your database, so be patient and a grab a coffee if it’s so large.)

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Restore MySQL Database Backup using command line