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  • mysqldump vs select into outfile

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    Can someone explain the difference between mysqldump and select into outfile.
    If im trying to dump all databases and tables for restore into a new server is one going to be faster then the other?


    Thanks,
    Will
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    mysqldump will give you entire SQL statements that can be piped into mysql. And with the correct arguments you will also get CREATE TABLE statements etc.
    So a mysqldump can give you a full backup of your database.


    Outfile will just give you a text file with delimited data, so the tables must already exist on the new server when you import the records.


    If your dump file was created with the mysqldump --opt I'm actually not sure of which of the two ways is the fastest so you will have to try it and find out.

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