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Posted by Tom on 11/23/07 18:52
On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 20:31:43 +0100, Flemming wrote...
>
>Hi there,
>
>I have a small database running in mySQL on a web-hotel. I use PHP to access
>the database.
>
>Unfortunately, the web-hotel does not offer any possibilities for backing up
>databases/tables, other than copying the tables manually one by one using
>the facilities of phpMyAdmin.
>
>What I would ideally like to have is a PHP routine that that makes an exact
>copy of a specified table. I could then easily use that to createl copies of
>all the relevant tables in the database.
>
>I thought this would be a relatively easy task, but this does not appear to
>be the case. Or maybe I am blind. I can see in phpMyAdmin the SQL statements
>needed to create a new empty table and copy the content from the original
>table. I could of course copy this code into PHP, but what then if I change
>a table? Then I need to change this code as well.
>
>Is there a smarter way?
>
>Flemming
>
I'd run a separate command to create your new table, then use
SELECT * INTO NewTable FROM OldTable;
Of course I'd do a regular backup of your entire database first, just for
precautionary measures.
Tom
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