mysqldump(1) MySQL Database System mysqldump(1)
NAME
mysqldump - a database backup program
SYNOPSIS
mysqldump [options] [db_name [tbl_name ...]]
DESCRIPTION
The mysqldump client utility performs logical backups, producing a set of
SQL statements that can be executed to reproduce the original database
object definitions and table data. It dumps one or more MySQL databases
for backup or transfer to another SQL server. The mysqldump command can
also generate output in CSV, other delimited text, or XML format.
Tip
Consider using the MySQL Shell dump utilities[1], which provide
parallel dumping with multiple threads, file compression, and
progress information display, as well as cloud features such as
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage streaming, and MySQL
HeatWave compatibility checks and modifications. Dumps can be easily
imported into a MySQL Server instance or a MySQL HeatWave DB System
using the MySQL Shell load dump utilities[2]. Installation
instructions for MySQL Shell can be found here[3].
o Performance and Scalability Considerations
o Invocation Syntax
o Option Syntax - Alphabetical Summary
o Connection Options
o Option-File Options
o DDL Options
o Debug Options
o Help Options
o Internationalization Options
o Replication Options
o Format Options
o Filtering Options
o Performance Options
o Transactional Options
o Option Groups
o Examples
o Restrictions
mysqldump requires at least the SELECT privilege for dumped tables, SHOW
VIEW for dumped views, TRIGGER for dumped triggers, LOCK TABLES if the
--single-transaction option is not used, PROCESS if the --no-tablespaces
option is not used, and the RELOAD or FLUSH_TABLES privilege with
--single-transaction if both gtid_mode=ON and gtid_purged=ON|AUTO.
Certain options might require other privileges as noted in the option
descriptions.
To reload a dump file, you must have the privileges required to execute
the statements that it contains, such as the appropriate CREATE
privileges for objects created by those statements.
mysqldump output can include ALTER DATABASE statements that change the
database collation. These may be used when dumping stored programs to
preserve their character encodings. To reload a dump file containing such
statements, the ALTER privilege for the affected database is required.
Note
A dump made using PowerShell on Windows with output redirection
creates a file that has UTF-16 encoding:
mysqldump [options] > dump.sql
However, UTF-16 is not permitted as a connection character set (see
the section called "Impermissible Client Character Sets"), so the
dump file cannot be loaded correctly. To work around this issue, use
the --result-file option, which creates the output in ASCII format:
mysqldump [options] --result-file=dump.sql
It is not recommended to load a dump file when GTIDs are enabled on the
server (gtid_mode=ON), if your dump file includes system tables.
mysqldump issues DML instructions for the system tables which use the
non-transactional MyISAM storage engine, and this combination is not
permitted when GTIDs are enabled. Performance and Scalability
Considerations
mysqldump advantages include the convenience and flexibility of viewing
or even editing the output before restoring. You can clone databases for
development and DBA work, or produce slight variations of an existing
database for testing. It is not intended as a fast or scalable solution
for backing up substantial amounts of data. With large data sizes, even
if the backup step takes a reasonable time, restoring the data can be
very slow because replaying the SQL statements involves disk I/O for
insertion, index creation, and so on.
For large-scale backup and restore, a physical backup is more
appropriate, to copy the data files in their original format so that they
can be restored quickly.
If your tables are primarily InnoDB tables, or if you have a mix of
InnoDB and MyISAM tables, consider using mysqlbackup, which is available
as part of MySQL Enterprise. This tool provides high performance for
InnoDB backups with minimal disruption; it can also back up tables from
MyISAM and other storage engines; it also provides a number of convenient
options to accommodate different backup scenarios. See Section 32.1,
"MySQL Enterprise Backup Overview".
mysqldump can retrieve and dump table contents row by row, or it can
retrieve the entire content from a table and buffer it in memory before
dumping it. Buffering in memory can be a problem if you are dumping large
tables. To dump tables row by row, use the --quick option (or --opt,
which enables --quick). The --opt option (and hence --quick) is enabled
by default, so to enable memory buffering, use --skip-quick.
If you are using a recent version of mysqldump to generate a dump to be
reloaded into a very old MySQL server, use the --skip-opt option instead
of the --opt or --extended-insert option.
For additional information about mysqldump, see Section 9.4, "Using
mysqldump for Backups". Invocation Syntax
There are in general three ways to use mysqldump--in order to dump a set
of one or more tables, a set of one or more complete databases, or an
entire MySQL server--as shown here:
mysqldump [options] db_name [tbl_name ...]
mysqldump [options] --databases db_name ...
mysqldump [options] --all-databases
To dump entire databases, do not name any tables following db_name, or
use the --databases or --all-databases option.
To see a list of the options your version of mysqldump supports, issue
the command mysqldump --help. Option Syntax - Alphabetical Summary
mysqldump supports the following options, which can be specified on the
command line or in the [mysqldump] and [client] groups of an option file.
For information about option files used by MySQL programs, see
Section 6.2.2.2, "Using Option Files". Connection Options
The mysqldump command logs into a MySQL server to extract information.
The following options specify how to connect to the MySQL server, either
on the same machine or a remote system.
o --bind-address=ip_address
+--------------------+---------------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --bind-address=ip_address |
+--------------------+---------------------------+
On a computer having multiple network interfaces, use this option to
select which interface to use for connecting to the MySQL server.
o --compress, -C
+--------------------+-----------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --compress[={OFF|ON}] |
+--------------------+-----------------------+
|Deprecated | Yes |
+--------------------+-----------------------+
|Type | Boolean |
+--------------------+-----------------------+
|Default Value | OFF |
+--------------------+-----------------------+
Compress all information sent between the client and the server if
possible. See Section 6.2.8, "Connection Compression Control".
This option is deprecated. Expect it to be removed in a future
version of MySQL. See the section called "Configuring Legacy
Connection Compression".
o --compression-algorithms=value
+--------------------+--------------------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --compression-algorithms=value |
+--------------------+--------------------------------+
|Type | Set |
+--------------------+--------------------------------+
|Default Value | uncompressed |
+--------------------+--------------------------------+
|Valid Values | zlib zstd uncompressed |
+--------------------+--------------------------------+
The permitted compression algorithms for connections to the server.
The available algorithms are the same as for the
protocol_compression_algorithms system variable. The default value is
uncompressed.
For more information, see Section 6.2.8, "Connection Compression
Control".
o --default-auth=plugin
+--------------------+-----------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --default-auth=plugin |
+--------------------+-----------------------+
|Type | String |
+--------------------+-----------------------+
A hint about which client-side authentication plugin to use. See
Section 8.2.17, "Pluggable Authentication".
o --enable-cleartext-plugin
+--------------------+---------------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --enable-cleartext-plugin |
+--------------------+---------------------------+
|Type | Boolean |
+--------------------+---------------------------+
|Default Value | FALSE |
+--------------------+---------------------------+
Enable the mysql_clear_password cleartext authentication plugin. (See
Section 8.4.1.4, "Client-Side Cleartext Pluggable Authentication".)
o --get-server-public-key
+--------------------+-------------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --get-server-public-key |
+--------------------+-------------------------+
|Type | Boolean |
+--------------------+-------------------------+
Request from the server the public key required for RSA key
pair-based password exchange. This option applies to clients that
authenticate with the caching_sha2_password authentication plugin.
For that plugin, the server does not send the public key unless
requested. This option is ignored for accounts that do not
authenticate with that plugin. It is also ignored if RSA-based
password exchange is not used, as is the case when the client
connects to the server using a secure connection.
If --server-public-key-path=file_name is given and specifies a valid
public key file, it takes precedence over --get-server-public-key.
For information about the caching_sha2_password plugin, see
Section 8.4.1.2, "Caching SHA-2 Pluggable Authentication".
o --host=host_name, -h host_name
+--------------------+--------+
|Command-Line Format | --host |
+--------------------+--------+
Dump data from the MySQL server on the given host. The default host
is localhost.
o --login-path=name
+--------------------+-------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --login-path=name |
+--------------------+-------------------+
|Type | String |
+--------------------+-------------------+
Read options from the named login path in the .mylogin.cnf login path
file. A "login path" is an option group containing options that
specify which MySQL server to connect to and which account to
authenticate as. To create or modify a login path file, use the
mysql_config_editor utility. See mysql_config_editor(1).
For additional information about this and other option-file options,
see Section 6.2.2.3, "Command-Line Options that Affect Option-File
Handling".
o --no-login-paths
+--------------------+------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --no-login-paths |
+--------------------+------------------+
Skips reading options from the login path file.
See --login-path for related information.
For additional information about this and other option-file options,
see Section 6.2.2.3, "Command-Line Options that Affect Option-File
Handling".
o --password[=password], -p[password]
+--------------------+-----------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --password[=password] |
+--------------------+-----------------------+
|Type | String |
+--------------------+-----------------------+
The password of the MySQL account used for connecting to the server.
The password value is optional. If not given, mysqldump prompts for
one. If given, there must be no space between --password= or -p and
the password following it. If no password option is specified, the
default is to send no password.
Specifying a password on the command line should be considered
insecure. To avoid giving the password on the command line, use an
option file. See Section 8.1.2.1, "End-User Guidelines for Password
Security".
To explicitly specify that there is no password and that mysqldump
should not prompt for one, use the --skip-password option.
o --password1[=pass_val] The password for multifactor authentication
factor 1 of the MySQL account used for connecting to the server. The
password value is optional. If not given, mysqldump prompts for one.
If given, there must be no space between --password1= and the
password following it. If no password option is specified, the
default is to send no password.
Specifying a password on the command line should be considered
insecure. To avoid giving the password on the command line, use an
option file. See Section 8.1.2.1, "End-User Guidelines for Password
Security".
To explicitly specify that there is no password and that mysqldump
should not prompt for one, use the --skip-password1 option.
--password1 and --password are synonymous, as are --skip-password1
and --skip-password.
o --password2[=pass_val] The password for multifactor authentication
factor 2 of the MySQL account used for connecting to the server. The
semantics of this option are similar to the semantics for
--password1; see the description of that option for details.
o --password3[=pass_val] The password for multifactor authentication
factor 3 of the MySQL account used for connecting to the server. The
semantics of this option are similar to the semantics for
--password1; see the description of that option for details.
o --pipe, -W
+--------------------+--------+
|Command-Line Format | --pipe |
+--------------------+--------+
|Type | String |
+--------------------+--------+
On Windows, connect to the server using a named pipe. This option
applies only if the server was started with the named_pipe system
variable enabled to support named-pipe connections. In addition, the
user making the connection must be a member of the Windows group
specified by the named_pipe_full_access_group system variable.
o --plugin-authentication-kerberos-client-mode=value
+--------------------+----------------------------------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --plugin-authentication-kerberos-client-mode |
+--------------------+----------------------------------------------+
|Type | String |
+--------------------+----------------------------------------------+
|Default Value | SSPI |
+--------------------+----------------------------------------------+
|Valid Values | GSSAPI |
+--------------------+----------------------------------------------+
On Windows, the authentication_kerberos_client authentication plugin
supports this plugin option. It provides two possible values that the
client user can set at runtime: SSPI and GSSAPI.
The default value for the client-side plugin option uses Security
Support Provider Interface (SSPI), which is capable of acquiring
credentials from the Windows in-memory cache. Alternatively, the
client user can select a mode that supports Generic Security Service
Application Program Interface (GSSAPI) through the MIT Kerberos
library on Windows. GSSAPI is capable of acquiring cached credentials
previously generated by using the kinit command.
For more information, see Commands for Windows Clients in GSSAPI
Mode.
o --plugin-dir=dir_name
+--------------------+-----------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --plugin-dir=dir_name |
+--------------------+-----------------------+
|Type | Directory name |
+--------------------+-----------------------+
The directory in which to look for plugins. Specify this option if
the --default-auth option is used to specify an authentication plugin
but mysqldump does not find it. See Section 8.2.17, "Pluggable
Authentication".
o --port=port_num, -P port_num
+--------------------+-----------------+
|Command-Line Format | --port=port_num |
+--------------------+-----------------+
|Type | Numeric |
+--------------------+-----------------+
|Default Value | 3306 |
+--------------------+-----------------+
For TCP/IP connections, the port number to use.
o --protocol={TCP|SOCKET|PIPE|MEMORY}
+--------------------+------------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --protocol=type |
+--------------------+------------------------+
|Type | String |
+--------------------+------------------------+
|Default Value | [see text] |
+--------------------+------------------------+
|Valid Values | TCP SOCKET PIPE |
| | MEMORY |
+--------------------+------------------------+
The transport protocol to use for connecting to the server. It is
useful when the other connection parameters normally result in use of
a protocol other than the one you want. For details on the
permissible values, see Section 6.2.7, "Connection Transport
Protocols".
o --server-public-key-path=file_name
+--------------------+------------------------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --server-public-key-path=file_name |
+--------------------+------------------------------------+
|Type | File name |
+--------------------+------------------------------------+
The path name to a file in PEM format containing a client-side copy
of the public key required by the server for RSA key pair-based
password exchange. This option applies to clients that authenticate
with the sha256_password (deprecated) or caching_sha2_password
authentication plugin. This option is ignored for accounts that do
not authenticate with one of those plugins. It is also ignored if
RSA-based password exchange is not used, as is the case when the
client connects to the server using a secure connection.
If --server-public-key-path=file_name is given and specifies a valid
public key file, it takes precedence over --get-server-public-key.
For sha256_password (deprecated), this option applies only if MySQL
was built using OpenSSL.
For information about the sha256_password and caching_sha2_password
plugins, see Section 8.4.1.3, "SHA-256 Pluggable Authentication", and
Section 8.4.1.2, "Caching SHA-2 Pluggable Authentication".
o --socket=path, -S path
+--------------------+--------------------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --socket={file_name|pipe_name} |
+--------------------+--------------------------------+
|Type | String |
+--------------------+--------------------------------+
For connections to localhost, the Unix socket file to use, or, on
Windows, the name of the named pipe to use.
On Windows, this option applies only if the server was started with
the named_pipe system variable enabled to support named-pipe
connections. In addition, the user making the connection must be a
member of the Windows group specified by the
named_pipe_full_access_group system variable.
o --ssl* Options that begin with --ssl specify whether to connect to
the server using encryption and indicate where to find SSL keys and
certificates. See the section called "Command Options for Encrypted
Connections".
o --ssl-fips-mode={OFF|ON|STRICT}
+--------------------+---------------------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --ssl-fips-mode={OFF|ON|STRICT} |
+--------------------+---------------------------------+
|Deprecated | Yes |
+--------------------+---------------------------------+
|Type | Enumeration |
+--------------------+---------------------------------+
|Default Value | OFF |
+--------------------+---------------------------------+
|Valid Values | OFF ON STRICT |
+--------------------+---------------------------------+
Controls whether to enable FIPS mode on the client side. The
--ssl-fips-mode option differs from other --ssl-xxx options in that
it is not used to establish encrypted connections, but rather to
affect which cryptographic operations to permit. See Section 8.8,
"FIPS Support".
These --ssl-fips-mode values are permitted:
o OFF: Disable FIPS mode.
o ON: Enable FIPS mode.
o STRICT: Enable "strict" FIPS mode.
Note
If the OpenSSL FIPS Object Module is not available, the only
permitted value for --ssl-fips-mode is OFF. In this case, setting
--ssl-fips-mode to ON or STRICT causes the client to produce a
warning at startup and to operate in non-FIPS mode.
This option is deprecated. Expect it to be removed in a future
version of MySQL.
o --tls-ciphersuites=ciphersuite_list
+--------------------+-------------------------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --tls-ciphersuites=ciphersuite_list |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------+
|Type | String |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------+
The permissible ciphersuites for encrypted connections that use
TLSv1.3. The value is a list of one or more colon-separated
ciphersuite names. The ciphersuites that can be named for this option
depend on the SSL library used to compile MySQL. For details, see
Section 8.3.2, "Encrypted Connection TLS Protocols and Ciphers".
o --tls-sni-servername=server_name
+--------------------+----------------------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --tls-sni-servername=server_name |
+--------------------+----------------------------------+
|Type | String |
+--------------------+----------------------------------+
When specified, the name is passed to the libmysqlclient C API
library using the MYSQL_OPT_TLS_SNI_SERVERNAME option of
mysql_options(). The server name is not case-sensitive. To show which
server name the client specified for the current session, if any,
check the Tls_sni_server_name status variable.
Server Name Indication (SNI) is an extension to the TLS protocol
(OpenSSL must be compiled using TLS extensions for this option to
function). The MySQL implementation of SNI represents the client-side
only.
o --tls-version=protocol_list
+--------------------+-------------------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --tls-version=protocol_list |
+--------------------+-------------------------------+
|Type | String |
+--------------------+-------------------------------+
|Default Value | TLSv1,TLSv1.1,TLSv1.2,TLSv1.3 |
| | (OpenSSL 1.1.1 or higher) |
| | TLSv1,TLSv1.1,TLSv1.2 |
| | (otherwise) |
+--------------------+-------------------------------+
The permissible TLS protocols for encrypted connections. The value is
a list of one or more comma-separated protocol names. The protocols
that can be named for this option depend on the SSL library used to
compile MySQL. For details, see Section 8.3.2, "Encrypted Connection
TLS Protocols and Ciphers".
o --user=user_name, -u user_name
+--------------------+------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --user=user_name |
+--------------------+------------------+
|Type | String |
+--------------------+------------------+
The user name of the MySQL account to use for connecting to the
server.
If you are using the Rewriter plugin, you should grant this user the
SKIP_QUERY_REWRITE privilege.
o --zstd-compression-level=level
+--------------------+----------------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --zstd-compression-level=# |
+--------------------+----------------------------+
|Type | Integer |
+--------------------+----------------------------+
The compression level to use for connections to the server that use
the zstd compression algorithm. The permitted levels are from 1 to
22, with larger values indicating increasing levels of compression.
The default zstd compression level is 3. The compression level
setting has no effect on connections that do not use zstd
compression.
For more information, see Section 6.2.8, "Connection Compression
Control".
Option-File Options
These options are used to control which option files to read.
o --defaults-extra-file=file_name
+--------------------+---------------------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --defaults-extra-file=file_name |
+--------------------+---------------------------------+
|Type | File name |
+--------------------+---------------------------------+
Read this option file after the global option file but (on Unix)
before the user option file. If the file does not exist or is
otherwise inaccessible, an error occurs. If file_name is not an
absolute path name, it is interpreted relative to the current
directory.
For additional information about this and other option-file options,
see Section 6.2.2.3, "Command-Line Options that Affect Option-File
Handling".
o --defaults-file=file_name
+--------------------+---------------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --defaults-file=file_name |
+--------------------+---------------------------+
|Type | File name |
+--------------------+---------------------------+
Use only the given option file. If the file does not exist or is
otherwise inaccessible, an error occurs. If file_name is not an
absolute path name, it is interpreted relative to the current
directory.
Exception: Even with --defaults-file, client programs read
.mylogin.cnf.
For additional information about this and other option-file options,
see Section 6.2.2.3, "Command-Line Options that Affect Option-File
Handling".
o --defaults-group-suffix=str
+--------------------+-----------------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --defaults-group-suffix=str |
+--------------------+-----------------------------+
|Type | String |
+--------------------+-----------------------------+
Read not only the usual option groups, but also groups with the usual
names and a suffix of str. For example, mysqldump normally reads the
[client] and [mysqldump] groups. If this option is given as
--defaults-group-suffix=_other, mysqldump also reads the
[client_other] and [mysqldump_other] groups.
For additional information about this and other option-file options,
see Section 6.2.2.3, "Command-Line Options that Affect Option-File
Handling".
o --no-defaults
+--------------------+---------------+
|Command-Line Format | --no-defaults |
+--------------------+---------------+
Do not read any option files. If program startup fails due to reading
unknown options from an option file, --no-defaults can be used to
prevent them from being read.
The exception is that the .mylogin.cnf file is read in all cases, if
it exists. This permits passwords to be specified in a safer way than
on the command line even when --no-defaults is used. To create
.mylogin.cnf, use the mysql_config_editor utility. See
mysql_config_editor(1).
For additional information about this and other option-file options,
see Section 6.2.2.3, "Command-Line Options that Affect Option-File
Handling".
o --print-defaults
+--------------------+------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --print-defaults |
+--------------------+------------------+
Print the program name and all options that it gets from option
files.
For additional information about this and other option-file options,
see Section 6.2.2.3, "Command-Line Options that Affect Option-File
Handling".
DDL Options
Usage scenarios for mysqldump include setting up an entire new MySQL
instance (including database tables), and replacing data inside an
existing instance with existing databases and tables. The following
options let you specify which things to tear down and set up when
restoring a dump, by encoding various DDL statements within the dump
file.
o --add-drop-database
+--------------------+---------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --add-drop-database |
+--------------------+---------------------+
Write a DROP DATABASE statement before each CREATE DATABASE
statement. This option is typically used in conjunction with the
--all-databases or --databases option because no CREATE DATABASE
statements are written unless one of those options is specified.
Note
In MySQL 8.4, the mysql schema is considered a system schema that
cannot be dropped by end users. If --add-drop-database is used
with --all-databases or with --databases where the list of
schemas to be dumped includes mysql, the dump file contains a
DROP DATABASE `mysql` statement that causes an error when the
dump file is reloaded.
Instead, to use --add-drop-database, use --databases with a list
of schemas to be dumped, where the list does not include mysql.
o --add-drop-table
+--------------------+------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --add-drop-table |
+--------------------+------------------+
Write a DROP TABLE statement before each CREATE TABLE statement.
o --add-drop-trigger
+--------------------+--------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --add-drop-trigger |
+--------------------+--------------------+
Write a DROP TRIGGER statement before each CREATE TRIGGER statement.
o --all-tablespaces, -Y
+--------------------+-------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --all-tablespaces |
+--------------------+-------------------+
Adds to a table dump all SQL statements needed to create any
tablespaces used by an NDB table. This information is not otherwise
included in the output from mysqldump. This option is currently
relevant only to NDB Cluster tables.
o --no-create-db, -n
+--------------------+----------------+
|Command-Line Format | --no-create-db |
+--------------------+----------------+
Suppress the CREATE DATABASE statements that are otherwise included
in the output if the --databases or --all-databases option is given.
o --no-create-info, -t
+--------------------+------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --no-create-info |
+--------------------+------------------+
Do not write CREATE TABLE statements that create each dumped table.
Note
This option does not exclude statements creating log file groups
or tablespaces from mysqldump output; however, you can use the
--no-tablespaces option for this purpose.
o --no-tablespaces, -y
+--------------------+------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --no-tablespaces |
+--------------------+------------------+
This option suppresses all CREATE LOGFILE GROUP and CREATE TABLESPACE
statements in the output of mysqldump.
o --replace
+--------------------+-----------+
|Command-Line Format | --replace |
+--------------------+-----------+
Write REPLACE statements rather than INSERT statements.
Debug Options
The following options print debugging information, encode debugging
information in the dump file, or let the dump operation proceed
regardless of potential problems.
o --allow-keywords
+--------------------+------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --allow-keywords |
+--------------------+------------------+
Permit creation of column names that are keywords. This works by
prefixing each column name with the table name.
o --comments, -i
+--------------------+------------+
|Command-Line Format | --comments |
+--------------------+------------+
Write additional information in the dump file such as program
version, server version, and host. This option is enabled by default.
To suppress this additional information, use --skip-comments.
o --debug[=debug_options], -# [debug_options]
+--------------------+----------------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --debug[=debug_options] |
+--------------------+----------------------------+
|Type | String |
+--------------------+----------------------------+
|Default Value | d:t:o,/tmp/mysqldump.trace |
+--------------------+----------------------------+
Write a debugging log. A typical debug_options string is
d:t:o,file_name. The default value is d:t:o,/tmp/mysqldump.trace.
This option is available only if MySQL was built using WITH_DEBUG.
MySQL release binaries provided by Oracle are not built using this
option.
o --debug-check
+--------------------+---------------+
|Command-Line Format | --debug-check |
+--------------------+---------------+
|Type | Boolean |
+--------------------+---------------+
|Default Value | FALSE |
+--------------------+---------------+
Print some debugging information when the program exits.
This option is available only if MySQL was built using WITH_DEBUG.
MySQL release binaries provided by Oracle are not built using this
option.
o --debug-info
+--------------------+--------------+
|Command-Line Format | --debug-info |
+--------------------+--------------+
|Type | Boolean |
+--------------------+--------------+
|Default Value | FALSE |
+--------------------+--------------+
Print debugging information and memory and CPU usage statistics when
the program exits.
This option is available only if MySQL was built using WITH_DEBUG.
MySQL release binaries provided by Oracle are not built using this
option.
o --dump-date
+--------------------+-------------+
|Command-Line Format | --dump-date |
+--------------------+-------------+
|Type | Boolean |
+--------------------+-------------+
|Default Value | TRUE |
+--------------------+-------------+
If the --comments option is given, mysqldump produces a comment at
the end of the dump of the following form:
-- Dump completed on DATE
However, the date causes dump files taken at different times to
appear to be different, even if the data are otherwise identical.
--dump-date and --skip-dump-date control whether the date is added to
the comment. The default is --dump-date (include the date in the
comment). --skip-dump-date suppresses date printing.
o --force, -f
+--------------------+---------+
|Command-Line Format | --force |
+--------------------+---------+
Ignore all errors; continue even if an SQL error occurs during a
table dump.
One use for this option is to cause mysqldump to continue executing
even when it encounters a view that has become invalid because the
definition refers to a table that has been dropped. Without --force,
mysqldump exits with an error message. With --force, mysqldump prints
the error message, but it also writes an SQL comment containing the
view definition to the dump output and continues executing.
If the --ignore-error option is also given to ignore specific errors,
--force takes precedence.
o --log-error=file_name
+--------------------+-----------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --log-error=file_name |
+--------------------+-----------------------+
|Type | File name |
+--------------------+-----------------------+
Log warnings and errors by appending them to the named file. The
default is to do no logging.
o --skip-comments
+--------------------+-----------------+
|Command-Line Format | --skip-comments |
+--------------------+-----------------+
See the description for the --comments option.
o --verbose, -v
+--------------------+-----------+
|Command-Line Format | --verbose |
+--------------------+-----------+
Verbose mode. Print more information about what the program does.
Help Options
The following options display information about the mysqldump command
itself.
o --help, -?
+--------------------+--------+
|Command-Line Format | --help |
+--------------------+--------+
Display a help message and exit.
o --version, -V
+--------------------+-----------+
|Command-Line Format | --version |
+--------------------+-----------+
Display version information and exit.
Internationalization Options
The following options change how the mysqldump command represents
character data with national language settings.
o --character-sets-dir=dir_name
+--------------------+-------------------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --character-sets-dir=dir_name |
+--------------------+-------------------------------+
|Type | Directory name |
+--------------------+-------------------------------+
The directory where character sets are installed. See Section 12.15,
"Character Set Configuration".
o --default-character-set=charset_name
+--------------------+--------------------------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --default-character-set=charset_name |
+--------------------+--------------------------------------+
|Type | String |
+--------------------+--------------------------------------+
|Default Value | utf8 |
+--------------------+--------------------------------------+
Use charset_name as the default character set. See Section 12.15,
"Character Set Configuration". If no character set is specified,
mysqldump uses utf8mb4.
o --no-set-names, -N
+--------------------+----------------+
|Command-Line Format | --no-set-names |
+--------------------+----------------+
|Deprecated | Yes |
+--------------------+----------------+
Turns off the --set-charset setting, the same as specifying
--skip-set-charset.
o --set-charset
+--------------------+------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --set-charset |
+--------------------+------------------+
|Disabled by | skip-set-charset |
+--------------------+------------------+
Write SET NAMES default_character_set to the output. This option is
enabled by default. To suppress the SET NAMES statement, use
--skip-set-charset.
Replication Options
The mysqldump command is frequently used to create an empty instance, or
an instance including data, on a replica server in a replication
configuration. The following options apply to dumping and restoring data
on replication source servers and replicas.
o --apply-replica-statements
+--------------------+----------------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --apply-replica-statements |
+--------------------+----------------------------+
|Type | Boolean |
+--------------------+----------------------------+
|Default Value | FALSE |
+--------------------+----------------------------+
For a replica dump produced with the --dump-replica option, this
option adds a STOP REPLICA statement before the statement with the
binary log coordinates, and a START REPLICA statement at the end of
the output.
o --apply-slave-statements
+--------------------+--------------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --apply-slave-statements |
+--------------------+--------------------------+
|Deprecated | Yes |
+--------------------+--------------------------+
|Type | Boolean |
+--------------------+--------------------------+
|Default Value | FALSE |
+--------------------+--------------------------+
This is a deprecated alias for --apply-replica-statements.
o --delete-source-logs
+--------------------+----------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --delete-source-logs |
+--------------------+----------------------+
On a replication source server, delete the binary logs by sending a
PURGE BINARY LOGS statement to the server after performing the dump
operation. The options require the RELOAD privilege as well as
privileges sufficient to execute that statement. This option
automatically enables --source-data.
o --delete-master-logs
+--------------------+----------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --delete-master-logs |
+--------------------+----------------------+
|Deprecated | Yes |
+--------------------+----------------------+
This is a deprecated alias for --delete-source-logs.
o --dump-replica[=value]
+--------------------+------------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --dump-replica[=value] |
+--------------------+------------------------+
|Type | Numeric |
+--------------------+------------------------+
|Default Value | 1 |
+--------------------+------------------------+
|Valid Values | 1 2 |
+--------------------+------------------------+
This option is similar to --source-data, except that it is used to
dump a replica server to produce a dump file that can be used to set
up another server as a replica that has the same source as the dumped
server. The option causes the dump output to include a CHANGE
REPLICATION SOURCE TO statement that indicates the binary log
coordinates (file name and position) of the dumped replica's source.
The CHANGE REPLICATION SOURCE TO statement reads the values of
Relay_Master_Log_File and Exec_Master_Log_Pos from the SHOW REPLICA
STATUS output and uses them for SOURCE_LOG_FILE and SOURCE_LOG_POS
respectively. These are the replication source server coordinates
from which the replica starts replicating.
Note
Inconsistencies in the sequence of transactions from the relay
log which have been executed can cause the wrong position to be
used. See Section 19.5.1.34, "Replication and Transaction
Inconsistencies" for more information.
--dump-replica causes the coordinates from the source to be used
rather than those of the dumped server, as is done by the
--source-data option. In addition, specifying this option overrides
the --source-data option.
Warning
--dump-replica should not be used if the server where the dump is
going to be applied uses gtid_mode=ON and SOURCE_AUTO_POSITION=1.
The option value is handled the same way as for --source-data.
Setting no value or 1 causes a CHANGE REPLICATION SOURCE TO statement
to be written to the dump. Setting 2 causes the statement to be
written but encased in SQL comments. It has the same effect as
--source-data in terms of enabling or disabling other options and in
how locking is handled.
--dump-replica causes mysqldump to stop the replication SQL thread
before the dump and restart it again after.
--dump-replica sends a SHOW REPLICA STATUS statement to the server to
obtain information, so they require privileges sufficient to execute
that statement.
--apply-replica-statements and --include-source-host-port options can
be used in conjunction with --dump-replica.
o --dump-slave[=value]
+--------------------+----------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --dump-slave[=value] |
+--------------------+----------------------+
|Deprecated | Yes |
+--------------------+----------------------+
|Type | Numeric |
+--------------------+----------------------+
|Default Value | 1 |
+--------------------+----------------------+
|Valid Values | 1 2 |
+--------------------+----------------------+
This is a deprecated alias for --dump-replica.
o --include-source-host-port
+--------------------+----------------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --include-source-host-port |
+--------------------+----------------------------+
|Type | Boolean |
+--------------------+----------------------------+
|Default Value | FALSE |
+--------------------+----------------------------+
Adds the SOURCE_HOST and SOURCE_PORT options for the host name and
TCP/IP port number of the replica's source, to the CHANGE REPLICATION
SOURCE TO statement in a replica dump produced with the
--dump-replica option.
o --include-master-host-port
+--------------------+----------------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --include-master-host-port |
+--------------------+----------------------------+
|Deprecated | Yes |
+--------------------+----------------------------+
|Type | Boolean |
+--------------------+----------------------------+
|Default Value | FALSE |
+--------------------+----------------------------+
This is a deprecated alias for --include-source-host-port.
o --master-data[=value]
+--------------------+-----------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --master-data[=value] |
+--------------------+-----------------------+
|Deprecated | Yes |
+--------------------+-----------------------+
|Type | Numeric |
+--------------------+-----------------------+
|Default Value | 1 |
+--------------------+-----------------------+
|Valid Values | 1 2 |
+--------------------+-----------------------+
This is a deprecated alias for --source-data.
o --output-as-version=value
+--------------------+----------------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --output-as-version=value |
+--------------------+----------------------------+
|Type | Enumeration |
+--------------------+----------------------------+
|Default Value | SERVER |
+--------------------+----------------------------+
|Valid Values | BEFORE_8_0_23 |
| | BEFORE_8_2_0 |
+--------------------+----------------------------+
Determines the level of terminology used for statements relating to
replicas and events, making it possible to create dumps compatible
with older versions of MySQL that do not accept the newer
terminology. This option can take any one of the following values,
with effects described as listed here:
o SERVER: Reads the server version and uses the latest versions of
statements compatible with that version. This is the default
value.
o BEFORE_8_0_23: Replication SQL statements using deprecated terms
such as "slave" and "master" are written to the output in place
of those using "replica" and "source", as in MySQL versions prior
to 8.0.23.
This option also duplicates the effects of BEFORE_8_2_0 on the
output of SHOW CREATE EVENT.
o BEFORE_8_2_0: This option causes SHOW CREATE EVENT to reflect how
the event would have been created in a MySQL server prior to
version 8.2.0, displaying DISABLE ON SLAVE rather than DISABLE ON
REPLICA.
This option affects the output from --events, --dump-replica,
--source-data, --apply-replica-statements, and
--include-source-host-port.
o --source-data[=value]
+--------------------+-----------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --source-data[=value] |
+--------------------+-----------------------+
|Type | Numeric |
+--------------------+-----------------------+
|Default Value | 1 |
+--------------------+-----------------------+
|Valid Values | 1 2 |
+--------------------+-----------------------+
Used to dump a replication source server to produce a dump file that
can be used to set up another server as a replica of the source. The
options cause the dump output to include a CHANGE REPLICATION SOURCE
TO statement that indicates the binary log coordinates (file name and
position) of the dumped server. These are the replication source
server coordinates from which the replica should start replicating
after you load the dump file into the replica.
If the option value is 2, the CHANGE REPLICATION SOURCE TO statement
is written as an SQL comment, and thus is informative only; it has no
effect when the dump file is reloaded. If the option value is 1, the
statement is not written as a comment and takes effect when the dump
file is reloaded. If no option value is specified, the default value
is 1.
--source-data sends a SHOW BINARY LOG STATUS statement to the server
to obtain information, so they require privileges sufficient to
execute that statement. This option also requires the RELOAD
privilege and the binary log must be enabled.
--source-data automatically turns off --lock-tables. They also turn
on --lock-all-tables, unless --single-transaction also is specified,
in which case, a global read lock is acquired only for a short time
at the beginning of the dump (see the description for
--single-transaction). In all cases, any action on logs happens at
the exact moment of the dump.
It is also possible to set up a replica by dumping an existing
replica of the source, using the --dump-replica option, which
overrides --source-data causing it to be ignored.
o --set-gtid-purged=value
+--------------------+-------------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --set-gtid-purged=value |
+--------------------+-------------------------+
|Type | Enumeration |
+--------------------+-------------------------+
|Default Value | AUTO |
+--------------------+-------------------------+
|Valid Values | OFF ON AUTO |
+--------------------+-------------------------+
This option is for servers that use GTID-based replication
(gtid_mode=ON). It controls the inclusion of a SET
@@GLOBAL.gtid_purged statement in the dump output, which updates the
value of gtid_purged on a server where the dump file is reloaded, to
add the GTID set from the source server's gtid_executed system
variable. gtid_purged holds the GTIDs of all transactions that have
been applied on the server, but do not exist on any binary log file
on the server. mysqldump therefore adds the GTIDs for the
transactions that were executed on the source server, so that the
target server records these transactions as applied, although it does
not have them in its binary logs. --set-gtid-purged also controls
the inclusion of a SET @@SESSION.sql_log_bin=0 statement, which
disables binary logging while the dump file is being reloaded. This
statement prevents new GTIDs from being generated and assigned to the
transactions in the dump file as they are executed, so that the
original GTIDs for the transactions are used.
If you do not set the --set-gtid-purged option, the default is that a
SET @@GLOBAL.gtid_purged statement is included in the dump output if
GTIDs are enabled on the server you are backing up, and the set of
GTIDs in the global value of the gtid_executed system variable is not
empty. A SET @@SESSION.sql_log_bin=0 statement is also included if
GTIDs are enabled on the server.
You can either replace the value of gtid_purged with a specified GTID
set, or add a plus sign (+) to the statement to append a specified
GTID set to the GTID set that is already held by gtid_purged. The SET
@@GLOBAL.gtid_purged statement recorded by mysqldump includes a plus
sign (+) in a version-specific comment, such that MySQL adds the GTID
set from the dump file to the existing gtid_purged value.
It is important to note that the value that is included by mysqldump
for the SET @@GLOBAL.gtid_purged statement includes the GTIDs of all
transactions in the gtid_executed set on the server, even those that
changed suppressed parts of the database, or other databases on the
server that were not included in a partial dump. This can mean that
after the gtid_purged value has been updated on the server where the
dump file is replayed, GTIDs are present that do not relate to any
data on the target server. If you do not replay any further dump
files on the target server, the extraneous GTIDs do not cause any
problems with the future operation of the server, but they make it
harder to compare or reconcile GTID sets on different servers in the
replication topology. If you do replay a further dump file on the
target server that contains the same GTIDs (for example, another
partial dump from the same origin server), any SET
@@GLOBAL.gtid_purged statement in the second dump file fails. In this
case, either remove the statement manually before replaying the dump
file, or output the dump file without the statement.
If the SET @@GLOBAL.gtid_purged statement would not have the desired
result on your target server, you can exclude the statement from the
output, or include it but comment it out so that it is not actioned
automatically. You can also include the statement but manually edit
it in the dump file to achieve the desired result.
The possible values for the --set-gtid-purged option are as follows:
AUTO
The default value. If GTIDs are enabled on the server you are
backing up and gtid_executed is not empty, SET
@@GLOBAL.gtid_purged is added to the output, containing the GTID
set from gtid_executed. If GTIDs are enabled, SET
@@SESSION.sql_log_bin=0 is added to the output. If GTIDs are not
enabled on the server, the statements are not added to the
output.
OFF
SET @@GLOBAL.gtid_purged is not added to the output, and SET
@@SESSION.sql_log_bin=0 is not added to the output. For a server
where GTIDs are not in use, use this option or AUTO. Only use
this option for a server where GTIDs are in use if you are sure
that the required GTID set is already present in gtid_purged on
the target server and should not be changed, or if you plan to
identify and add any missing GTIDs manually.
ON
If GTIDs are enabled on the server you are backing up, SET
@@GLOBAL.gtid_purged is added to the output (unless gtid_executed
is empty), and SET @@SESSION.sql_log_bin=0 is added to the
output. An error occurs if you set this option but GTIDs are not
enabled on the server. For a server where GTIDs are in use, use
this option or AUTO, unless you are sure that the GTIDs in
gtid_executed are not needed on the target server.
COMMENTED
If GTIDs are enabled on the server you are backing up, SET
@@GLOBAL.gtid_purged is added to the output (unless gtid_executed
is empty), but it is commented out. This means that the value of
gtid_executed is available in the output, but no action is taken
automatically when the dump file is reloaded. SET
@@SESSION.sql_log_bin=0 is added to the output, and it is not
commented out. With COMMENTED, you can control the use of the
gtid_executed set manually or through automation. For example,
you might prefer to do this if you are migrating data to another
server that already has different active databases.
Format Options
The following options specify how to represent the entire dump file or
certain kinds of data in the dump file. They also control whether certain
optional information is written to the dump file.
o --compact
+--------------------+-----------+
|Command-Line Format | --compact |
+--------------------+-----------+
Produce more compact output. This option enables the
--skip-add-drop-table, --skip-add-locks, --skip-comments,
--skip-disable-keys, and --skip-set-charset options.
o --compatible=name
+--------------------+------------------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --compatible=name[,name,...] |
+--------------------+------------------------------+
|Type | String |
+--------------------+------------------------------+
|Default Value | |
+--------------------+------------------------------+
|Valid Values | ansi |
+--------------------+------------------------------+
Produce output that is more compatible with other database systems or
with older MySQL servers. The only permitted value for this option is
ansi, which has the same meaning as the corresponding option for
setting the server SQL mode. See Section 7.1.11, "Server SQL Modes".
o --complete-insert, -c
+--------------------+-------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --complete-insert |
+--------------------+-------------------+
Use complete INSERT statements that include column names.
o --create-options
+--------------------+------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --create-options |
+--------------------+------------------+
Include all MySQL-specific table options in the CREATE TABLE
statements.
o --fields-terminated-by=..., --fields-enclosed-by=...,
--fields-optionally-enclosed-by=..., --fields-escaped-by=...
+--------------------+-------------------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --fields-terminated-by=string |
+--------------------+-------------------------------+
|Type | String |
+--------------------+-------------------------------+
+--------------------+-----------------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --fields-enclosed-by=string |
+--------------------+-----------------------------+
|Type | String |
+--------------------+-----------------------------+
+--------------------+----------------------------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --fields-optionally-enclosed-by=string |
+--------------------+----------------------------------------+
|Type | String |
+--------------------+----------------------------------------+
+--------------------+---------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --fields-escaped-by |
+--------------------+---------------------+
|Type | String |
+--------------------+---------------------+
These options are used with the --tab option and have the same
meaning as the corresponding FIELDS clauses for LOAD DATA. See
Section 15.2.9, "LOAD DATA Statement".
o --hex-blob
+--------------------+------------+
|Command-Line Format | --hex-blob |
+--------------------+------------+
Dump binary columns using hexadecimal notation (for example, 'abc'
becomes 0x616263). The affected data types are BINARY, VARBINARY,
BLOB types, BIT, all spatial data types, and other non-binary data
types when used with the binary character set.
The --hex-blob option is ignored when the --tab is used.
o --lines-terminated-by=...
+--------------------+------------------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --lines-terminated-by=string |
+--------------------+------------------------------+
|Type | String |
+--------------------+------------------------------+
This option is used with the --tab option and has the same meaning as
the corresponding LINES clause for LOAD DATA. See Section 15.2.9,
"LOAD DATA Statement".
o --quote-names, -Q
+--------------------+------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --quote-names |
+--------------------+------------------+
|Disabled by | skip-quote-names |
+--------------------+------------------+
Quote identifiers (such as database, table, and column names) within
` characters. If the ANSI_QUOTES SQL mode is enabled, identifiers are
quoted within " characters. This option is enabled by default. It can
be disabled with --skip-quote-names, but this option should be given
after any option such as --compatible that may enable --quote-names.
o --result-file=file_name, -r file_name
+--------------------+-------------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --result-file=file_name |
+--------------------+-------------------------+
|Type | File name |
+--------------------+-------------------------+
Direct output to the named file. The result file is created and its
previous contents overwritten, even if an error occurs while
generating the dump.
This option should be used on Windows to prevent newline \n
characters from being converted to \r\n carriage return/newline
sequences.
o --show-create-skip-secondary-engine=value
+--------------------+-------------------------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --show-create-skip-secondary-engine |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------+
Excludes the SECONDARY ENGINE clause from CREATE TABLE statements. It
does so by enabling the show_create_table_skip_secondary_engine
system variable for the duration of the dump operation.
Alternatively, you can enable the
show_create_table_skip_secondary_engine system variable prior to
using mysqldump.
o --tab=dir_name, -T dir_name
+--------------------+----------------+
|Command-Line Format | --tab=dir_name |
+--------------------+----------------+
|Type | Directory name |
+--------------------+----------------+
Produce tab-separated text-format data files. For each dumped table,
mysqldump creates a tbl_name.sql file that contains the CREATE TABLE
statement that creates the table, and the server writes a
tbl_name.txt file that contains its data. The option value is the
directory in which to write the files.
Note
This option should be used only when mysqldump is run on the same
machine as the mysqld server. Because the server creates *.txt
files in the directory that you specify, the directory must be
writable by the server and the MySQL account that you use must
have the FILE privilege. Because mysqldump creates *.sql in the
same directory, it must be writable by your system login account.
By default, the .txt data files are formatted using tab characters
between column values and a newline at the end of each line. The
format can be specified explicitly using the --fields-xxx and
--lines-terminated-by options.
Column values are converted to the character set specified by the
--default-character-set option.
o --tz-utc
+--------------------+-------------+
|Command-Line Format | --tz-utc |
+--------------------+-------------+
|Disabled by | skip-tz-utc |
+--------------------+-------------+
This option enables TIMESTAMP columns to be dumped and reloaded
between servers in different time zones. mysqldump sets its
connection time zone to UTC and adds SET TIME_ZONE='+00:00' to the
dump file. Without this option, TIMESTAMP columns are dumped and
reloaded in the time zones local to the source and destination
servers, which can cause the values to change if the servers are in
different time zones. --tz-utc also protects against changes due to
daylight saving time. --tz-utc is enabled by default. To disable it,
use --skip-tz-utc.
o --xml, -X
+--------------------+-------+
|Command-Line Format | --xml |
+--------------------+-------+
Write dump output as well-formed XML.
NULL, 'NULL', and Empty Values: For a column named column_name, the
NULL value, an empty string, and the string value 'NULL' are
distinguished from one another in the output generated by this option
as follows.
+---------------------+---------------------------------+
|Value: | XML Representation: |
+---------------------+---------------------------------+
|NULL (unknown value) | <field name="column_name" |
| | xsi:nil="true" /> |
+---------------------+---------------------------------+
|(empty string) | <field |
| | name="column_name"></field> |
+---------------------+---------------------------------+
|(string value) | <field |
| | name="column_name">NULL</field> |
+---------------------+---------------------------------+
The output from the mysql client when run using the --xml option also
follows the preceding rules. (See the section called "MYSQL CLIENT
OPTIONS".)
XML output from mysqldump includes the XML namespace, as shown here:
$> mysqldump --xml -u root world City
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<mysqldump xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<database name="world">
<table_structure name="City">
<field Field="ID" Type="int(11)" Null="NO" Key="PRI" Extra="auto_increment" />
<field Field="Name" Type="char(35)" Null="NO" Key="" Default="" Extra="" />
<field Field="CountryCode" Type="char(3)" Null="NO" Key="" Default="" Extra="" />
<field Field="District" Type="char(20)" Null="NO" Key="" Default="" Extra="" />
<field Field="Population" Type="int(11)" Null="NO" Key="" Default="0" Extra="" />
<key Table="City" Non_unique="0" Key_name="PRIMARY" Seq_in_index="1" Column_name="ID"
Collation="A" Cardinality="4079" Null="" Index_type="BTREE" Comment="" />
<options Name="City" Engine="MyISAM" Version="10" Row_format="Fixed" Rows="4079"
Avg_row_length="67" Data_length="273293" Max_data_length="18858823439613951"
Index_length="43008" Data_free="0" Auto_increment="4080"
Create_time="2007-03-31 01:47:01" Update_time="2007-03-31 01:47:02"
Collation="latin1_swedish_ci" Create_options="" Comment="" />
</table_structure>
<table_data name="City">
<row>
<field name="ID">1</field>
<field name="Name">Kabul</field>
<field name="CountryCode">AFG</field>
<field name="District">Kabol</field>
<field name="Population">1780000</field>
</row>
...
<row>
<field name="ID">4079</field>
<field name="Name">Rafah</field>
<field name="CountryCode">PSE</field>
<field name="District">Rafah</field>
<field name="Population">92020</field>
</row>
</table_data>
</database>
</mysqldump>
Filtering Options
The following options control which kinds of schema objects are written
to the dump file: by category, such as triggers or events; by name, for
example, choosing which databases and tables to dump; or even filtering
rows from the table data using a WHERE clause.
o --all-databases, -A
+--------------------+-----------------+
|Command-Line Format | --all-databases |
+--------------------+-----------------+
Dump all tables in all databases. This is the same as using the
--databases option and naming all the databases on the command line.
Note
See the --add-drop-database description for information about an
incompatibility of that option with --all-databases.
Prior to MySQL 8.4, the --routines and --events options for mysqldump
were not required to include stored routines and events when using
the --all-databases option: The dump included the mysql system
database, and therefore also the mysql.proc and mysql.event tables
containing stored routine and event definitions. As of MySQL 8.4, the
mysql.event and mysql.proc tables are not used. Definitions for the
corresponding objects are stored in data dictionary tables, but those
tables are not dumped. To include stored routines and events in a
dump made using --all-databases, use the --routines and --events
options explicitly.
o --databases, -B
+--------------------+-------------+
|Command-Line Format | --databases |
+--------------------+-------------+
Dump several databases. Normally, mysqldump treats the first name
argument on the command line as a database name and following names
as table names. With this option, it treats all name arguments as
database names. CREATE DATABASE and USE statements are included in
the output before each new database.
This option may be used to dump the performance_schema database,
which normally is not dumped even with the --all-databases option.
(Also use the --skip-lock-tables option.)
Note
See the --add-drop-database description for information about an
incompatibility of that option with --databases.
o --events, -E
+--------------------+----------+
|Command-Line Format | --events |
+--------------------+----------+
Include Event Scheduler events for the dumped databases in the
output. This option requires the EVENT privileges for those
databases.
The output generated by using --events contains CREATE EVENT
statements to create the events.
o --ignore-error=error[,error]...
+--------------------+---------------------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --ignore-error=error[,error]... |
+--------------------+---------------------------------+
|Type | String |
+--------------------+---------------------------------+
Ignore the specified errors. The option value is a list of
comma-separated error numbers specifying the errors to ignore during
mysqldump execution. If the --force option is also given to ignore
all errors, --force takes precedence.
o --ignore-table=db_name.tbl_name
+--------------------+---------------------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --ignore-table=db_name.tbl_name |
+--------------------+---------------------------------+
|Type | String |
+--------------------+---------------------------------+
Do not dump the given table, which must be specified using both the
database and table names. To ignore multiple tables, use this option
multiple times. This option also can be used to ignore views.
o --ignore-views=boolean
+--------------------+----------------+
|Command-Line Format | --ignore-views |
+--------------------+----------------+
|Type | Boolean |
+--------------------+----------------+
|Default Value | FALSE |
+--------------------+----------------+
Skips table views in the dump file.
o --init-command=str
+--------------------+--------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --init-command=str |
+--------------------+--------------------+
|Type | String |
+--------------------+--------------------+
Single SQL statement to execute after connecting to the MySQL server.
The definition resets existing statements defined by it or
init-command-add.
o --init-command-add=str
+--------------------+------------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --init-command-add=str |
+--------------------+------------------------+
|Type | String |
+--------------------+------------------------+
Add an additional SQL statement to execute after connecting or
reconnecting to the MySQL server. It's usable without --init-command
but has no effect if used before it because init-command resets the
list of commands to call.
o --no-data, -d
+--------------------+-----------+
|Command-Line Format | --no-data |
+--------------------+-----------+
Do not write any table row information (that is, do not dump table
contents). This is useful if you want to dump only the CREATE TABLE
statement for the table (for example, to create an empty copy of the
table by loading the dump file).
o --routines, -R
+--------------------+------------+
|Command-Line Format | --routines |
+--------------------+------------+
Include stored routines (procedures and functions) for the dumped
databases in the output. This option requires the global SELECT
privilege.
The output generated by using --routines contains CREATE PROCEDURE
and CREATE FUNCTION statements to create the routines.
o --skip-generated-invisible-primary-key
+--------------------+----------------------------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --skip-generated-invisible-primary-key |
+--------------------+----------------------------------------+
|Type | Boolean |
+--------------------+----------------------------------------+
|Default Value | FALSE |
+--------------------+----------------------------------------+
This option causes generated invisible primary keys to be excluded
from the output. For more information, see Section 15.1.20.11,
"Generated Invisible Primary Keys".
o --tables
+--------------------+----------+
|Command-Line Format | --tables |
+--------------------+----------+
Override the --databases or -B option. mysqldump regards all name
arguments following the option as table names.
o --triggers
+--------------------+---------------+
|Command-Line Format | --triggers |
+--------------------+---------------+
|Disabled by | skip-triggers |
+--------------------+---------------+
Include triggers for each dumped table in the output. This option is
enabled by default; disable it with --skip-triggers.
To be able to dump a table's triggers, you must have the TRIGGER
privilege for the table.
Multiple triggers are permitted. mysqldump dumps triggers in
activation order so that when the dump file is reloaded, triggers are
created in the same activation order. However, if a mysqldump dump
file contains multiple triggers for a table that have the same
trigger event and action time, an error occurs for attempts to load
the dump file into an older server that does not support multiple
triggers.
o --where='where_condition', -w 'where_condition'
+--------------------+---------------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --where='where_condition' |
+--------------------+---------------------------+
Dump only rows selected by the given WHERE condition. Quotes around
the condition are mandatory if it contains spaces or other characters
that are special to your command interpreter.
Examples:
--where="user='jimf'"
-w"userid>1"
-w"userid<1"
Performance Options
The following options are the most relevant for the performance
particularly of the restore operations. For large data sets, restore
operation (processing the INSERT statements in the dump file) is the most
time-consuming part. When it is urgent to restore data quickly, plan and
test the performance of this stage in advance. For restore times measured
in hours, you might prefer an alternative backup and restore solution,
such as MySQL Enterprise Backup for InnoDB-only and mixed-use databases.
Performance is also affected by the transactional options, primarily for
the dump operation.
o --column-statistics
+--------------------+---------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --column-statistics |
+--------------------+---------------------+
|Type | Boolean |
+--------------------+---------------------+
|Default Value | OFF |
+--------------------+---------------------+
Add ANALYZE TABLE statements to the output to generate histogram
statistics for dumped tables when the dump file is reloaded. This
option is disabled by default because histogram generation for large
tables can take a long time.
o --disable-keys, -K
+--------------------+----------------+
|Command-Line Format | --disable-keys |
+--------------------+----------------+
For each table, surround the INSERT statements with /*!40000 ALTER
TABLE tbl_name DISABLE KEYS */; and /*!40000 ALTER TABLE tbl_name
ENABLE KEYS */; statements. This makes loading the dump file faster
because the indexes are created after all rows are inserted. This
option is effective only for nonunique indexes of MyISAM tables.
o --extended-insert, -e
+--------------------+----------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --extended-insert |
+--------------------+----------------------+
|Disabled by | skip-extended-insert |
+--------------------+----------------------+
Write INSERT statements using multiple-row syntax that includes
several VALUES lists. This results in a smaller dump file and speeds
up inserts when the file is reloaded.
o --insert-ignore
+--------------------+-----------------+
|Command-Line Format | --insert-ignore |
+--------------------+-----------------+
Write INSERT IGNORE statements rather than INSERT statements.
o --max-allowed-packet=value
+--------------------+----------------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --max-allowed-packet=value |
+--------------------+----------------------------+
|Type | Numeric |
+--------------------+----------------------------+
|Default Value | 25165824 |
+--------------------+----------------------------+
The maximum size of the buffer for client/server communication. The
default is 24MB, the maximum is 1GB.
Note
The value of this option is specific to mysqldump and should not
be confused with the MySQL server's max_allowed_packet system
variable; the server value cannot be exceeded by a single packet
from mysqldump, regardless of any setting for the mysqldump
option, even if the latter is larger.
o --mysqld-long-query-time=value
+--------------------+--------------------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --mysqld-long-query-time=value |
+--------------------+--------------------------------+
|Type | Numeric |
+--------------------+--------------------------------+
|Default Value | Server global setting |
+--------------------+--------------------------------+
Set the session value of the long_query_time system variable. Use
this option if you want to increase the time allowed for queries from
mysqldump before they are logged to the slow query log file.
mysqldump performs a full table scan, which means its queries can
often exceed a global long_query_time setting that is useful for
regular queries. The default global setting is 10 seconds.
You can use --mysqld-long-query-time to specify a session value from
0 (meaning that every query from mysqldump is logged to the slow
query log) to 31536000, which is 365 days in seconds. For mysqldump's
option, you can only specify whole seconds. When you do not specify
this option, the server's global setting applies to mysqldump's
queries.
o --net-buffer-length=value
+--------------------+---------------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --net-buffer-length=value |
+--------------------+---------------------------+
|Type | Numeric |
+--------------------+---------------------------+
|Default Value | 16384 |
+--------------------+---------------------------+
The initial size of the buffer for client/server communication. When
creating multiple-row INSERT statements (as with the
--extended-insert or --opt option), mysqldump creates rows up to
--net-buffer-length bytes long. If you increase this variable, ensure
that the MySQL server net_buffer_length system variable has a value
at least this large.
o --network-timeout, -M
+--------------------+---------------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --network-timeout[={0|1}] |
+--------------------+---------------------------+
|Type | Boolean |
+--------------------+---------------------------+
|Default Value | TRUE |
+--------------------+---------------------------+
Enable large tables to be dumped by setting --max-allowed-packet to
its maximum value and network read and write timeouts to a large
value. This option is enabled by default. To disable it, use
--skip-network-timeout.
o --opt
+--------------------+----------+
|Command-Line Format | --opt |
+--------------------+----------+
|Disabled by | skip-opt |
+--------------------+----------+
This option, enabled by default, is shorthand for the combination of
--add-drop-table --add-locks --create-options --disable-keys
--extended-insert --lock-tables --quick --set-charset. It gives a
fast dump operation and produces a dump file that can be reloaded
into a MySQL server quickly.
Because the --opt option is enabled by default, you only specify its
converse, the --skip-opt to turn off several default settings. See
the discussion of mysqldump option groups for information about
selectively enabling or disabling a subset of the options affected by
--opt.
o --quick, -q
+--------------------+------------+
|Command-Line Format | --quick |
+--------------------+------------+
|Disabled by | skip-quick |
+--------------------+------------+
This option is useful for dumping large tables. It forces mysqldump
to retrieve rows for a table from the server a row at a time rather
than retrieving the entire row set and buffering it in memory before
writing it out.
o --skip-opt
+--------------------+------------+
|Command-Line Format | --skip-opt |
+--------------------+------------+
See the description for the --opt option.
Transactional Options
The following options trade off the performance of the dump operation,
against the reliability and consistency of the exported data.
o --add-locks
+--------------------+-------------+
|Command-Line Format | --add-locks |
+--------------------+-------------+
Surround each table dump with LOCK TABLES and UNLOCK TABLES
statements. This results in faster inserts when the dump file is
reloaded. See Section 10.2.5.1, "Optimizing INSERT Statements".
o --flush-logs, -F
+--------------------+--------------+
|Command-Line Format | --flush-logs |
+--------------------+--------------+
Flush the MySQL server log files before starting the dump. This
option requires the RELOAD privilege. If you use this option in
combination with the --all-databases option, the logs are flushed for
each database dumped. The exception is when using --lock-all-tables,
--source-data, or --single-transaction. In these cases, the logs are
flushed only once, corresponding to the moment that all tables are
locked by FLUSH TABLES WITH READ LOCK. If you want your dump and the
log flush to happen at exactly the same moment, you should use
--flush-logs together with --lock-all-tables, --source-data, or
--single-transaction.
o --flush-privileges
+--------------------+--------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --flush-privileges |
+--------------------+--------------------+
Add a FLUSH PRIVILEGES statement to the dump output after dumping the
mysql database. This option should be used any time the dump contains
the mysql database and any other database that depends on the data in
the mysql database for proper restoration.
Because the dump file contains a FLUSH PRIVILEGES statement,
reloading the file requires privileges sufficient to execute that
statement.
o --lock-all-tables, -x
+--------------------+-------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --lock-all-tables |
+--------------------+-------------------+
Lock all tables across all databases. This is achieved by acquiring a
global read lock for the duration of the whole dump. This option
automatically turns off --single-transaction and --lock-tables.
o --lock-tables, -l
+--------------------+---------------+
|Command-Line Format | --lock-tables |
+--------------------+---------------+
For each dumped database, lock all tables to be dumped before dumping
them. The tables are locked with READ LOCAL to permit concurrent
inserts in the case of MyISAM tables. For transactional tables such
as InnoDB, --single-transaction is a much better option than
--lock-tables because it does not need to lock the tables at all.
Because --lock-tables locks tables for each database separately, this
option does not guarantee that the tables in the dump file are
logically consistent between databases. Tables in different databases
may be dumped in completely different states.
Some options, such as --opt, automatically enable --lock-tables. If
you want to override this, use --skip-lock-tables at the end of the
option list.
o --no-autocommit
+--------------------+-----------------+
|Command-Line Format | --no-autocommit |
+--------------------+-----------------+
Enclose the INSERT statements for each dumped table within SET
autocommit = 0 and COMMIT statements.
o --order-by-primary
+--------------------+--------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --order-by-primary |
+--------------------+--------------------+
Dump each table's rows sorted by its primary key, or by its first
unique index, if such an index exists. This is useful when dumping a
MyISAM table to be loaded into an InnoDB table, but makes the dump
operation take considerably longer.
o --shared-memory-base-name=name
+--------------------+--------------------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --shared-memory-base-name=name |
+--------------------+--------------------------------+
|Platform Specific | Windows |
+--------------------+--------------------------------+
On Windows, the shared-memory name to use for connections made using
shared memory to a local server. The default value is MYSQL. The
shared-memory name is case-sensitive.
This option applies only if the server was started with the
shared_memory system variable enabled to support shared-memory
connections.
o --single-transaction
+--------------------+----------------------+
|Command-Line Format | --single-transaction |
+--------------------+----------------------+
This option sets the transaction isolation mode to REPEATABLE READ
and sends a START TRANSACTION SQL statement to the server before
dumping data. It is useful only with transactional tables such as
InnoDB, because then it dumps the consistent state of the database at
the time when START TRANSACTION was issued without blocking any
applications.
The RELOAD or FLUSH_TABLES privilege is required with
--single-transaction if both gtid_mode=ON and gtid_purged=ON|AUTO.
When using this option, you should keep in mind that only InnoDB
tables are dumped in a consistent state. For example, any MyISAM or
MEMORY tables dumped while using this option may still change state.
While a --single-transaction dump is in process, to ensure a valid
dump file (correct table contents and binary log coordinates), no
other connection should use the following statements: ALTER TABLE,
CREATE TABLE, DROP TABLE, RENAME TABLE, TRUNCATE TABLE. A consistent
read is not isolated from those statements, so use of them on a table
to be dumped can cause the SELECT that is performed by mysqldump to
retrieve the table contents to obtain incorrect contents or fail.
The --single-transaction option and the --lock-tables option are
mutually exclusive because LOCK TABLES causes any pending
transactions to be committed implicitly.
To dump large tables, combine the --single-transaction option with
the --quick option.
Option Groups
o The --opt option turns on several settings that work together to
perform a fast dump operation. All of these settings are on by
default, because --opt is on by default. Thus you rarely if ever
specify --opt. Instead, you can turn these settings off as a group by
specifying --skip-opt, then optionally re-enable certain settings by
specifying the associated options later on the command line.
o The --compact option turns off several settings that control whether
optional statements and comments appear in the output. Again, you can
follow this option with other options that re-enable certain
settings, or turn all the settings on by using the --skip-compact
form.
When you selectively enable or disable the effect of a group option,
order is important because options are processed first to last. For
example, --disable-keys --lock-tables --skip-opt would not have the
intended effect; it is the same as --skip-opt by itself. Examples
To make a backup of an entire database:
mysqldump db_name > backup-file.sql
To load the dump file back into the server:
mysql db_name < backup-file.sql
Another way to reload the dump file:
mysql -e "source /path-to-backup/backup-file.sql" db_name
mysqldump is also very useful for populating databases by copying data
from one MySQL server to another:
mysqldump --opt db_name | mysql --host=remote_host -C db_name
You can dump several databases with one command:
mysqldump --databases db_name1 [db_name2 ...] > my_databases.sql
To dump all databases, use the --all-databases option:
mysqldump --all-databases > all_databases.sql
For InnoDB tables, mysqldump provides a way of making an online backup:
mysqldump --all-databases --source-data --single-transaction > all_databases.sql
This backup acquires a global read lock on all tables (using FLUSH TABLES
WITH READ LOCK) at the beginning of the dump. As soon as this lock has
been acquired, the binary log coordinates are read and the lock is
released. If long updating statements are running when the FLUSH
statement is issued, the MySQL server may get stalled until those
statements finish. After that, the dump becomes lock free and does not
disturb reads and writes on the tables. If the update statements that the
MySQL server receives are short (in terms of execution time), the initial
lock period should not be noticeable, even with many updates.
For point-in-time recovery (also known as "roll-forward," when you need
to restore an old backup and replay the changes that happened since that
backup), it is often useful to rotate the binary log (see Section 7.4.4,
"The Binary Log") or at least know the binary log coordinates to which
the dump corresponds:
mysqldump --all-databases --source-data=2 > all_databases.sql
Or:
mysqldump --all-databases --flush-logs --source-data=2 > all_databases.sql
The --source-data option can be used simultaneously with the
--single-transaction option, which provides a convenient way to make an
online backup suitable for use prior to point-in-time recovery if tables
are stored using the InnoDB storage engine.
For more information on making backups, see Section 9.2, "Database Backup
Methods", and Section 9.3, "Example Backup and Recovery Strategy".
o To select the effect of --opt except for some features, use the
--skip option for each feature. To disable extended inserts and
memory buffering, use --opt --skip-extended-insert --skip-quick.
(Actually, --skip-extended-insert --skip-quick is sufficient because
--opt is on by default.)
o To reverse --opt for all features except disabling of indexes and
table locking, use --skip-opt --disable-keys --lock-tables.
Restrictions
mysqldump does not dump the performance_schema or sys schema by default.
To dump any of these, name them explicitly on the command line. You can
also name them with the --databases option. For performance_schema, also
use the --skip-lock-tables option.
mysqldump does not dump the INFORMATION_SCHEMA schema.
mysqldump does not dump InnoDB CREATE TABLESPACE statements.
mysqldump does not dump the NDB Cluster ndbinfo information database.
mysqldump includes statements to recreate the general_log and
slow_query_log tables for dumps of the mysql database. Log table contents
are not dumped.
If you encounter problems backing up views due to insufficient
privileges, see Section 27.9, "Restrictions on Views" for a workaround.
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NOTES
1. MySQL Shell dump utilities
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql-shell/26.7/en/mysql-shell-utilities-
dump-instance-schema.html
2. MySQL Shell load dump utilities
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql-shell/26.7/en/mysql-shell-utilities-
load-dump.html
3. here
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql-shell/26.7/en/mysql-shell-
install.html
SEE ALSO
For more information, please refer to the MySQL Reference Manual, which
may already be installed locally and which is also available online at
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/.
AUTHOR
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