Option 3: the command line Tried and true, the command line will always be the most efficient—though not the most friendly way—to accomplish a database export/import.

Jack Wallen explains how to add data into a MySQL table from the command line.

User xxx logs in fine from the command line, and the xxx user has permissions on *.* from the host (all but grant). The dumpfile works fine after I scp it to the xxx host and import. The xxx user ...

Whether you're running a LAMP stack on Ubuntu or CentOS, you need to back up your MySQL databases. Learn how to do this with the help of the mysqldump command.

I'm coming from a MS SQL Server background, where I would just create a job and import for this, and I'd be all set. I don't know MySQL well at all, so I was hoping someone could point me in the ...