RE: Breaking Up Tables

[Tim Lucia]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tonylabarbara@stripped [mailto:tonylabarbara@stripped]
> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 4:57 AM
> To: mysql@stripped
> Subject: Breaking Up Tables
> 
> Hi;
> I have an unusual problem. My current production server's OS is corrupt
> and I'm building a new one. However, due to the corruption, I can't move
> files out of it. I have a "back door" through Zope, but I can only move
> files of a certain size (I don't know how large ;). I need to back up a
> certain database. All the "weight" of the database is in one table. Doing
> a mysqldump of that table results in a file too big to transfer. Is there
> a way to break up that table, do various dumps, and then reassemble it?

Can you break up the dump file?  

Tim

> TIA,
> Tony
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