RE: Doubt regarding Mysqlsump

[Wm Mussatto]

On Thu, June 9, 2011 11:59, Jerry Schwartz wrote:
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>>
>>A single table is
always consistent. Data inconsistency occurs in sets of
>>interrelated tables, in other words, on the database level.
>>
> [JS] Not even a single table is always consistent
(unless there is
> transactions). Consider a single transaction
that consists of two steps:
> 
> 1. Delete record A
> 2. Add record B
> 
> Now consider
> 
> 1. Delete record A
> -Backup starts-
> 2. Add
record B
> 
> You have no idea whether or not record B
will be in your backup.
> 
> Worse things can happen, of
course:
> 
> 1. Delete record A
> !!KABOOM!!
>
> The data in the table is not going to be consistent.
You'd have to analyze
> the
> data to find out what did
and didn't happen before the crash, back out
> step 1,
>
and re-run that transaction in the application.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jerry Schwartz
Ah, LOCK TABLE
which is the myisamThat will deal with the problem of backup in the middle yes?If that won't work then you do need transactions.
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