mysqldump syntax

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Here is the standard mysqldump syntax I always use.  This dumps routines and triggers, does so in the most expeditious manner possible, and adds DROP xxxxx statements before all CREATE statements, just in case.  It also adds the FORCE parameter in case it runs into issues with views. The “xxxx” at the end can be either one schema or a space-delimited list of schemata.

mysqldump --add-drop-database --add-drop-table --triggers --routines --single-transaction --opt --quick --dump-date --force --databases xxxx > dumpfile.sql

Production dump timing:

[mysqladm@dbvrp83383:/mysbackupdd] time mysqldump --add-drop-database --add-drop-table --triggers --routines --single-transaction --opt --quick --dump-date --force --databases sms > sms.sql         

real    5m47.223s
user    3m23.495s
sys     0m19.139s

In dumping from a 8.x server via a lower version mysqldump, add…

--column-statistics=0

…to avoid those odd stats errors.