* Shawn Green <shawn.l.green@stripped> [121030 09:01]:
> On 10/30/2012 12:34 PM, Tim Johnson wrote:
> >... snip ...
> >
> > Clearly, I have failed to pose my question clearly, because the
> > responses indicate that I have not been understood, so I will try
> > again:
> >
> > *****************************************************************
> > mysqldump does not recognize the drupal databases!
> > Example :
> > linus:prj tim$ mysqldump event -hlocalhost -utim
> > -pXXXXXX > event.sql
> > mysqldump: Got error: 1049: Unknown database 'event' when
> > selecting the database
> >... snip ...
>
> Your syntax is inverted. Put the name of the database at the end.
>
> mysqldump -hlocalhost -utim -pXXXXXX event> event.sql
>
> If you fail to do so, you would login as the 'anonymous user' if it is
> still enabled on that machine and that account typically has zero
> privileges.
You are correct of course, but that does not solve the original
problem.
thanks
--
Tim
tim at tee jay forty nine dot com or akwebsoft dot com
http://www.akwebsoft.com
