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. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Doug Belshawhttp://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2009/10/20/how-to-restore-a-very-large-mysql-file-without-errors/comment-page-1/#comment-6160 Doug Belshaw Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:54:00 +0000 http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/?p=3335#comment-6160 Thanks Alan - a handy tip! :-) Thanks Alan – a handy tip! :-)

]]> By: Alan Levinehttp://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2009/10/20/how-to-restore-a-very-large-mysql-file-without-errors/comment-page-1/#comment-6155 Alan Levine Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:56:00 +0000 http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/?p=3335#comment-6155 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-database.html 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-database.html

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