Andy Isaacson » database http://andyisaacson.com Internet Marketer, Forum Builder and Web Designer Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:29:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 BigDump is awesome http://andyisaacson.com/bigdump-is-awesome/ http://andyisaacson.com/bigdump-is-awesome/#comments Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:49:35 +0000 admin http://www.andyisaacson.com/?p=45 I have been trying to restore a MySQL database for several days. The database is fairly large (130M), and so my server complains whenever I try to upload it through phpMyAdmin. I have also tried just copying/pasting sections of the MySQL database into the SQL Query area, but doing that with a large database is about as fun as rubbing your eyeballs with sandpaper. Something always goes wrong when you]]> I have been trying to restore a MySQL database for several days. The database is fairly large (130M), and so my server complains whenever I try to upload it through phpMyAdmin. I have also tried just copying/pasting sections of the MySQL database into the SQL Query area, but doing that with a large database is about as fun as rubbing your eyeballs with sandpaper. Something always goes wrong when you upload chunks manually.

After doing some research, I came across BigDump. When you use BigDump to upload/restore a database, it only restores so many lines of mysql at a time so that the server never gets overloaded or times out. I could not believe how fast it had finished the job. It seemed like 2 minutes max. I had spent hours trying to get it to work before then.

To use BigDump, all you have to do is upload the file to your site. Its just a file called, bigdump.php. Then, enter in your database information and where your backup is located( you will have to upload your .sql file via FTP to your site ) and then click the start button. Its so simple. I highly recommend it for those of you out there that are having the same problems that I was.

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