Don't be afraid of using your chosen database's command-line client. I might as well say this up front: I don't like using GUI (aka non-command-line or graphical) tools with my databases. This is ...

How to back up MySQL databases from the command line in Linux Your email has been sent Whether you're running a LAMP stack on Ubuntu or CentOS, you need to back up your MySQL databases. Learn how to ...

Exit the mysql command interpreter by issuing the “quit” command at the mysql prompt. Use your favorite search-and-replace tools to convert the text file to a command string for mysql of the form ...

MySQL database servers may not come with graphical administration tools, but that is the price your small business pays for free database software. The fact that MySQL's standard administrative tool ...

Recently, I had a chance to test the community edition of Zmanda Recovery Manager for MySQL. I was partly testing to make sure it worked with MariaDB, Monty Program's drop-in replacement for MySQL, ...

One of the tasks nearly any sysadmin frequently encounters is the care and feeding of the MySQL database server. You can build an entire career around nothing but this topic—making you a DB admin, not ...