>and it can be run remotely.
really? on the docu page it sez: 
but it can be run only on the same machine where the database director
+ies are located.

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..but maybe that meant the /target/ directories (backing up TO) - i don't know

at any rate - i don't see how this is any better than mysqldump which is what i've employed for this purpose in the past
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/mysqldump.html

but while he says he doesn't have shell or script access on the db machine, mysqldump can be run remotely (too?)

here's the command i use to backup my database: 
mysqldump -acQ -h "$cfg{db_host}" -u "$cfg{db_user}" --password="$cfg{
+db_pass}" --add-drop-table --allow-keywords "$cfg{db_prod}" > $cfg{cg
+i_root}/$cfg{backups}/$cfg{prod}_$block_date.sql

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and here's the command i use in a "staging" script (ahem, a few lines below the above), to copy my beta database into the production database: 
mysqldump -h "$cfg{db_host}" -u "$cfg{db_user}" --password="$cfg{db_pa
+ss}" -acQ --add-drop-table --allow-keywords "$cfg{db_dev}" | mysql -s
+ -D "$cfg{db_prod}" -h "$cfg{db_host}" -u "$cfg{db_user}" --password=
+"$cfg{db_pass}"

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it should be noted too that i'm in an identical situation: $cfg{db_host} is a machine i don't have script or shell access on.

In reply to Re^2: Looking for module(s) that will backup mysql databases using DBI & DBD::mysql by qbxk
in thread Looking for module(s) that will backup mysql databases using DBI & DBD::mysql by boysenberry

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