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MariaDB High Performance

By : Pierre Mavro
Book Image

MariaDB High Performance

By: Pierre Mavro

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (18 chapters)
MariaDB High Performance
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Using mysqldump


mysqldump is the default backup method that comes with MariaDB. It is an old and popular method. Here is an example of a classical dump with some options:

> mysqldump -uroot -p -P3306 --opt --routines --triggers --events --single-transaction --master-data=2 -A > alldb.sql

Here is the explanation:

  • -u: This is the username.

  • -p: This is the password (leave it empty if you want to be prompted).

  • -P: This is the port number.

  • --opt: This is an all-in-one option. It includes the following:

    • --add-drop-table: This will add the drop queries before creating a new table

    • --add-locks: This gives faster insertions on restore

    • --create-options: This adds all MariaDB options in the create statement

    • --disable-keys: This speeds up the restore because indexes are created after and not during import

    • --extended-insert: This uses multirow inserts to speed up the import

    • --lock-tables: This locks tables before dumping them

    • --quick: This is used for large tables

    • --set-charset: This adds the charset...