Database dump

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A database dump (also: SQL dump) contains a record of the table structure and/or the data from a database and is usually in the form of a list of SQL statements. A database dump is most often used for backing up a database so that its contents can be restored in the event of data loss. Corrupted databases can often be recovered by analysis of the dump. Database dumps are often published by free content projects, to allow reuse or forking, as well as local searching of the database using tools such as grep.

See also[]

• Import and export of data
• Core dump
• Databases
• Database management system
• SQLyog- MySQL GUI tool to generate Database dump
• Data portability

External links[]

• mysqldump — A Database Backup Program
• PostgreSQL dump backup methods, for PostgreSQL databases.

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