This utility exports metadata (object definitions) or data or both from one or more databases. By default, the export includes only definitions.

mysqldbexport differs from mysqldump in that it can produce output in a variety of formats to make your data extraction/transport much easier. It permits you to export your data in the format most suitable to an external tool, another MySQL server, or other use without the need to reformat the data.

To exclude specific objects by name, use the --exclude option with a name in db.*obj* format, or you can supply a search pattern. For example, --exclude=db1.trig1 excludes the single trigger and --exclude=trig_ excludes all objects from all databases having a name that begins with trig and has a following character.

To skip objects by type, use the --skip option with a list of the objects to skip. This enables you to extract a particular set of objects, say, for exporting only events (by excluding all other types). Similarly, to skip creation of UPDATE statements for BLOB data, specify the --skip-blobs option.

To specify how to display output, use one of the following values with the --format option:

To specify how much data to display, use one of the following values with the --display option:

Note: For SQL-format output, the --display option is ignored.

To turn off the headers for csv or tab display format, specify the --no-headers option.

To turn off all feedback information, specify the --quiet option.

To write the data for individual tables to separate files, use the --file-per-table option. The name of each file is composed of the database and table names followed by the file format. For example, the following command produces files named db1.*table_name*.csv:

mysqldbexport --server=root@server1:3306 --format=csv db1 --export=data

By default, the operation uses a consistent snapshot to read the source databases. To change the locking mode, use the --locking option with a locking type value. Use a value of no-locks to turn off locking altogether or lock-all to use only table locks. The default value is snapshot. Additionally, the utility uses WRITE locks to lock the destination tables during the copy.

You can include replication statements for exporting data among a master and slave or between slaves. The --rpl option permits you to select from the following replication statements to include in the export.

To include the replication user in the CHANGE MASTER statement, use the --rpl-user option to specify the user and password. If this option is omitted, the utility attempts to identify the replication user. In the event that there are multiple candidates or the user requires a password, these statements are placed inside comments for the CHANGE MASTER statement.

You can also use the --comment-rpl option to place the replication statements inside comments for later examination.

If you specify the --rpl-file option, the utility writes the replication statements to the file specified instead of including them in the export stream.

If you attempt to export databases on a server with GTIDs enabled (GTID_MODE = ON), a warning will be generated if the export does not include all databases. This is because the GTID statements generated include the GTIDs for all databases and not only those databases in the export.

The utility will also generate a warning if you export databases on a GTID enabled server but use the --skip-gtid option.

To make the most use of GTIDs and export/import, you should export all of the databases on the server with the --all option. This will generate an export file with all of the databases and the GTIDs executed to that point.

Importing this file on another server will ensure that server has all of the data as well as all of the GTIDs recorded correctly in its logs.

OPTIONS

mysqldbexport accepts the following command-line options:

NOTES

You must provide connection parameters (user, host, password, and so forth) for an account that has the appropriate privileges to access all objects in the operation.

To export all objects from a source database, the user must have these privileges: SELECT and SHOW VIEW on the database as well as SELECT on the mysql database.

Actual privileges needed may differ from installation to installation depending on the security privileges present and whether the database contains certain objects such as views or events.

Some combinations of the options may result in errors when the export is imported later. For example, eliminating tables but not views may result in an error when a view is imported on another server.

For the --format, --export, and --display options, the permitted values are not case sensitive. In addition, values may be specified as any unambiguous prefix of a valid value. For example, --format=g specifies the grid format. An error occurs if a prefix matches more than one valid value.

The path to the MySQL client tools should be included in the PATH environment variable in order to use the authentication mechanism with login-paths. This will allow the utility to use the my_print_defaults tools which is required to read the login-path values from the login configuration file (.mylogin.cnf).

EXAMPLES

To export the definitions of the database dev from a MySQL server on the local host via port 3306, producing output consisting of CREATE statements, use this command:

$ mysqldbexport --server=root:pass@localhost \
  --skip=GRANTS --export=DEFINITIONS util_test
# Source on localhost: ... connected.
# Exporting metadata from util_test
DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS util_test;
CREATE DATABASE util_test;
USE util_test;
# TABLE: util_test.t1
CREATE TABLE `t1` (
  `a` char(30) DEFAULT NULL
) ENGINE=MEMORY DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
# TABLE: util_test.t2
CREATE TABLE `t2` (
  `a` char(30) DEFAULT NULL
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
# TABLE: util_test.t3
CREATE TABLE `t3` (
  `a` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `b` char(30) DEFAULT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`a`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=4 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
# TABLE: util_test.t4
CREATE TABLE `t4` (
  `c` int(11) NOT NULL,
  `d` int(11) NOT NULL,
  KEY `ref_t3` (`c`),
  CONSTRAINT `ref_t3` FOREIGN KEY (`c`) REFERENCES `t3` (`a`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
# VIEW: util_test.v1
[...]
#...done.

Similarly, to export the data of the database util_test, producing bulk insert statements, use this command:

$ mysqldbexport --server=root:pass@localhost \
  --export=DATA --bulk-insert util_test
# Source on localhost: ... connected.
USE util_test;
# Exporting data from util_test
# Data for table util_test.t1:
INSERT INTO util_test.t1 VALUES  ('01 Test Basic database example'),
  ('02 Test Basic database example'),
  ('03 Test Basic database example'),
  ('04 Test Basic database example'),
  ('05 Test Basic database example'),
  ('06 Test Basic database example'),
  ('07 Test Basic database example');
# Data for table util_test.t2:
INSERT INTO util_test.t2 VALUES  ('11 Test Basic database example'),
  ('12 Test Basic database example'),
  ('13 Test Basic database example');
# Data for table util_test.t3:
INSERT INTO util_test.t3 VALUES  (1, '14 test fkeys'),
  (2, '15 test fkeys'),
  (3, '16 test fkeys');
# Data for table util_test.t4:
INSERT INTO util_test.t4 VALUES  (3, 2);
#...done.

If the database to be exported does not contain only InnoDB tables and you want to ensure data integrity of the exported data by locking the tables during the read step, add a --locking=lock-all option to the command:

$ mysqldbexport --server=root:pass@localhost \
  --export=DATA --bulk-insert util_test --locking=lock-all
# Source on localhost: ... connected.
USE util_test;
# Exporting data from util_test
# Data for table util_test.t1:
INSERT INTO util_test.t1 VALUES  ('01 Test Basic database example'),
  ('02 Test Basic database example'),
  ('03 Test Basic database example'),
  ('04 Test Basic database example'),
  ('05 Test Basic database example'),
  ('06 Test Basic database example'),
  ('07 Test Basic database example');
# Data for table util_test.t2:
INSERT INTO util_test.t2 VALUES  ('11 Test Basic database example'),
  ('12 Test Basic database example'),
  ('13 Test Basic database example');
# Data for table util_test.t3:
INSERT INTO util_test.t3 VALUES  (1, '14 test fkeys'),
  (2, '15 test fkeys'),
  (3, '16 test fkeys');
# Data for table util_test.t4:
INSERT INTO util_test.t4 VALUES  (3, 2);
#...done.

To export a database and include the replication commands to use the current server as the master (for example, to start a new slave using the current server as the master), use the following command:

$ mysqldbexport --server=root@localhost:3311 util_test \
  --export=both --rpl-user=rpl:rpl --rpl=master -v
# Source on localhost: ... connected.
#
# Stopping slave
STOP SLAVE;
#
# Source on localhost: ... connected.
# Exporting metadata from util_test
DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS util_test;
CREATE DATABASE util_test;
USE util_test;
# TABLE: util_test.t1
CREATE TABLE `t1` (
  `a` char(30) DEFAULT NULL
) ENGINE=MEMORY DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
#...done.
# Source on localhost: ... connected.
USE util_test;
# Exporting data from util_test
# Data for table util_test.t1:
INSERT INTO util_test.t1 VALUES ('01 Test Basic database example');
INSERT INTO util_test.t1 VALUES ('02 Test Basic database example');
INSERT INTO util_test.t1 VALUES ('03 Test Basic database example');
INSERT INTO util_test.t1 VALUES ('04 Test Basic database example');
INSERT INTO util_test.t1 VALUES ('05 Test Basic database example');
INSERT INTO util_test.t1 VALUES ('06 Test Basic database example');
INSERT INTO util_test.t1 VALUES ('07 Test Basic database example');
#...done.
#
# Connecting to the current server as master
CHANGE MASTER TO MASTER_HOST = 'localhost',
  MASTER_USER = 'rpl',
  MASTER_PASSWORD = 'rpl',
  MASTER_PORT = 3311,
  MASTER_LOG_FILE = 'clone-bin.000001' ,
  MASTER_LOG_POS = 106;
#
# Starting slave
START SLAVE;
#

Similarly, to export a database and include the replication commands to use the current server's master (for example, to start a new slave using the same the master), use the following command:

$ mysqldbexport --server=root@localhost:3311 util_test \
  --export=both --rpl-user=rpl:rpl --rpl=slave -v
# Source on localhost: ... connected.
#
# Stopping slave
STOP SLAVE;
#
# Source on localhost: ... connected.
# Exporting metadata from util_test
DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS util_test;
CREATE DATABASE util_test;
USE util_test;
# TABLE: util_test.t1
CREATE TABLE `t1` (
  `a` char(30) DEFAULT NULL
) ENGINE=MEMORY DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
#...done.
# Source on localhost: ... connected.
USE util_test;
# Exporting data from util_test
# Data for table util_test.t1:
INSERT INTO util_test.t1 VALUES ('01 Test Basic database example');
INSERT INTO util_test.t1 VALUES ('02 Test Basic database example');
INSERT INTO util_test.t1 VALUES ('03 Test Basic database example');
INSERT INTO util_test.t1 VALUES ('04 Test Basic database example');
INSERT INTO util_test.t1 VALUES ('05 Test Basic database example');
INSERT INTO util_test.t1 VALUES ('06 Test Basic database example');
INSERT INTO util_test.t1 VALUES ('07 Test Basic database example');
#...done.
#
# Connecting to the current server's master
CHANGE MASTER TO MASTER_HOST = 'localhost',
  MASTER_USER = 'rpl',
  MASTER_PASSWORD = 'rpl',
  MASTER_PORT = 3310,
  MASTER_LOG_FILE = 'clone-bin.000001' ,
  MASTER_LOG_POS = 1739;
#
# Starting slave
START SLAVE;
#