Comments on: How to restore a very large MySQL file without errors. http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2009/10/20/how-to-restore-a-very-large-mysql-file-without-errors/ Education, Technology, Productivity. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:36:36 +0000 hourly 1 By: Doug Belshaw http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2009/10/20/how-to-restore-a-very-large-mysql-file-without-errors/comment-page-1/#comment-3373 Doug Belshaw Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:54:45 +0000 http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/?p=3335#comment-3373 Thanks Alan - a handy tip! :-) Thanks Alan – a handy tip! :-)

]]> By: Doug Belshaw http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2009/10/20/how-to-restore-a-very-large-mysql-file-without-errors/comment-page-1/#comment-3281 Doug Belshaw Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:54:45 +0000 http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/?p=3335#comment-3281 Thanks Alan - a handy tip! :-) Thanks Alan – a handy tip! :-)

]]> By: databank http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2009/10/20/how-to-restore-a-very-large-mysql-file-without-errors/comment-page-1/#comment-3276 databank Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:20:46 +0000 http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/?p=3335#comment-3276 very good post. thanks. very good post. thanks.

]]> By: cogdog http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2009/10/20/how-to-restore-a-very-large-mysql-file-without-errors/comment-page-1/#comment-3275 cogdog Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:56:31 +0000 http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/?p=3335#comment-3275 That's usually a limit on the web server of file upload size, usually 2 Mb, and most Wp blogs of that vintage are much bigger. That's a decent solution (I've also manually edited the dump files, they are plain text) into smaller pieces.<br><br>What is easier is to ftp the big file to your server, and if you have SSH (command line) access, just to do a mySQL import, e.g.<br><br>mysql u=username -p databasename < mybigfatdump.sql<br><br>see <a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_2036644_import-sql-database.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ehow.com/how_2036644_import-sql-data...</a> That's usually a limit on the web server of file upload size, usually 2 Mb, and most Wp blogs of that vintage are much bigger. That's a decent solution (I've also manually edited the dump files, they are plain text) into smaller pieces.

What is easier is to ftp the big file to your server, and if you have SSH (command line) access, just to do a mySQL import, e.g.

mysql u=username -p databasename < mybigfatdump.sql

see http://www.ehow.com/how_2036644_import-sql-data...

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