text_combined: barry flanagan qstdstmehgcflanaganie 13 nov 2007 1823 robert sweetnam wrote lars hecking wrote dump entire contents database sql file mysql comes utility called mysqldump would use follows robert procedure applicable transfering databases mysql4 mysql5 apologies replying late possible possible dump v4 5 backwards compatible c dump 5 use compatible option create dump work mysql323 mysql40 compatiblename change dump compatible given mode default tables dumped format optimized mysql legal modes ansi mysql323 mysql40 postgresql oracle mssql db2 maxdb no_key_options no_table_options no_field_options one use several modes separated commas note requires mysql server version 410 higher option ignored earlier server versions barry flanagan fri 08 aug 2008 014009 0000 ilug mysql database question