https://www.webmaster-forums.net/crss/node/1036487 en https://www.webmaster-forums.net/server-management/backing-database#comment-1209934 <p>Thank you!</p> Fri, 03 Nov 2006 19:59:30 +0000 Roo comment 1209934 at https://www.webmaster-forums.net https://www.webmaster-forums.net/server-management/backing-database#comment-1209932 <p>Are you using phpMyAdmin? I'll assume you are. <img src="https://www.webmaster-forums.net/misc/smileys/smile.png" title="Smiling" alt="Smiling" class="smiley-content" /></p> <p>Yes, exporting usually is how you make a backup. It's like a "Save As" operation. It will not touch the database, only copy it. When you hit the "Go" button on the Export page, you'll be offered a download, which will be the database's exported file, that you can save to disk.</p> <p>You can export it in several formats; stick with SQL, CSV or XML for portability. That is, the database in exported form is basically a text file (like HTML is), and it will have it be read back in if you try to import the backup. SQL, CSV and XML are easily read in, whereas LaTeX, PDF, Excel, etc may not be.</p> <p>Hope that helps. <img src="https://www.webmaster-forums.net/misc/smileys/smile.png" title="Smiling" alt="Smiling" class="smiley-content" /></p> Fri, 03 Nov 2006 19:35:09 +0000 Abhishek Reddy comment 1209932 at https://www.webmaster-forums.net