Thesqldump with automatically generated export name

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When I do database dumps through MySQL WorkBench it picks a filename for me which is the current date (YYYMMDD).

Now, I want to do this in a batch file since I want to make weekly dumps automatically by simply running a simple script (our DB is running on a windows machine)

Do I have to make the filename myself or is there a way to have mysqldump do it for me? I can use date /t and parse it but it would be nice to know if there was some built-in functionality.

Best Answer

I have an incredibly cheesy but effective way to create a backup file with a datetime as a name.

SAMPLE DATA

I have a table called test.rangedata as a sample

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mysql> use test
Database changed
mysql> show create table rangedata\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
       Table: rangedata
Create Table: CREATE TABLE `rangedata` (
  `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `open` float DEFAULT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=34 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> select * from rangedata;
+----+---------+
| id | open    |
+----+---------+
|  1 | 1.30077 |
|  2 | 1.30088 |
|  3 | 1.30115 |
|  4 | 1.30132 |
|  5 | 1.30135 |
|  6 | 1.30144 |
|  7 | 1.30132 |
+----+---------+
7 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql>

Since mysqldump cannot create names, how about having the mysql client get the name? In fact, I will use the function DATE_FORMAT to create a batch file called C:\MyDumpScript.bat that will execute the mysqldump. The mysqldump output will be formatted MySQLBackup_YYYMMDD_HHMMSS.

Ready ?

C:\>echo @echo off > C:\MyDumpScript.bat

C:\>mysql -Dtest -ANe"select date_format(NOW(),'mysqldump test rangedata > MySQLBackup_%Y%m%d_%H%I%S.sql')" >> C:\MyDu
mpScript.bat

C:\>type C:\MyDumpScript.bat
@echo off
mysqldump test rangedata > MySQLBackup_20140314_150353.sql

C:\>

Does it run ? Watch ...

C:\>C:\MyDumpScript.bat

C:\>type MySQLBackup_20140314_150353.sql
-- MySQL dump 10.13  Distrib 5.6.14, for Win64 (x86_64)
--
-- Host: localhost    Database: test
-- ------------------------------------------------------
-- Server version       5.6.14

/*!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT=@@CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT */;
/*!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS=@@CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS */;
/*!40101 SET @OLD_COLLATION_CONNECTION=@@COLLATION_CONNECTION */;
/*!40101 SET NAMES utf8 */;
/*!40103 SET @OLD_TIME_ZONE=@@TIME_ZONE */;
/*!40103 SET TIME_ZONE='+00:00' */;
/*!40014 SET @OLD_UNIQUE_CHECKS=@@UNIQUE_CHECKS, UNIQUE_CHECKS=0 */;
/*!40014 SET @OLD_FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=@@FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS, FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0 */;
/*!40101 SET @OLD_SQL_MODE=@@SQL_MODE, SQL_MODE='NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO' */;
/*!40111 SET @OLD_SQL_NOTES=@@SQL_NOTES, SQL_NOTES=0 */;

--
-- Table structure for table `rangedata`
--

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `rangedata`;
/*!40101 SET @saved_cs_client     = @@character_set_client */;
/*!40101 SET character_set_client = utf8 */;
CREATE TABLE `rangedata` (
  `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `open` float DEFAULT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=34 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
/*!40101 SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client */;

--
-- Dumping data for table `rangedata`
--

LOCK TABLES `rangedata` WRITE;
/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `rangedata` DISABLE KEYS */;
INSERT INTO `rangedata` VALUES (1,1.30077),(2,1.30088),(3,1.30115),(4,1.30132),(5,1.30135),(6,1.30144),(7,1.30132);
/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `rangedata` ENABLE KEYS */;
UNLOCK TABLES;
/*!40103 SET TIME_ZONE=@OLD_TIME_ZONE */;

/*!40101 SET SQL_MODE=@OLD_SQL_MODE */;
/*!40014 SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=@OLD_FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS */;
/*!40014 SET UNIQUE_CHECKS=@OLD_UNIQUE_CHECKS */;
/*!40101 SET CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT=@OLD_CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT */;
/*!40101 SET CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS=@OLD_CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS */;
/*!40101 SET COLLATION_CONNECTION=@OLD_COLLATION_CONNECTION */;
/*!40111 SET SQL_NOTES=@OLD_SQL_NOTES */;

-- Dump completed on 2014-03-14 15:05:57

C:\>

I told you it was cheesy (This is Windows, after all) !!!

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