How big are the tables? I've got mysql running on a non-production, non-Sihope machine, but the 'lil sparky has only got about 800M free on it's largest partition. And I'm heading out of town early Saturday morning, so I'd need the data by mid-afternoon tomorrow at the latest. Feel free to follow up off-list if you want to arrange something. Adam Maloney Systems Administrator Sihope Communications On Thu, 27 May 2004 ben at workscited.net wrote: > Hi, folks. I have a backup copy of a MySQL database (half a dozen > MyISAM tables and their indexes) from a server that is no longer active. > I want to export the data as a series of SQL commands, as the mysqldump > program would do, so that I can recreate the database on another server. > I have two questions for the MySQL gurus on the list... > > 1) Is it possible to dump the data from MyISAM files without having a > working MySQL server? (mysqldump seems to require mysql to be running) > > 2) If not, do any of you have a working MySQL server that you could use > to dump the data for me? I'll make it worth your while. And yes, I > have the passwords for the database. > > Thanks in advance! --Ben > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org > Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list