is it possible to move a database from one machine to another? maybe like copying the tables...
liphoso 0 Light Poster
smantscheff 265 Veteran Poster
Dump the database with the command line tool mysqldump and import the dump file using the command line tool mysql on the second server.
liphoso 0 Light Poster
i do not understand. what is to dump? and i merely want to be able to work on my project at any time even when i am not on my laptop. how can i have it with me in a flash drive so to say?
drjohn 56 Posting Pro in Training
dump = extract the entire database contents, which you can then use to populate a copy elsewhere, either as a backup, or to work on.
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