On Dec 12, 10:55 am, Andrew Stewart <b... / airbladesoftware.com> wrote: > On 12 Dec 2007, at 11:50, Junkone wrote: > > > hello > > Is there any libraries to backup and restore mysql databses. > > thanks > > Backup: > > $ mysqldump -u username -ppassword -x --databases db1 db2 db3 > dump.sql > > Restore: > > $ mysql -u username -ppassword < dump.sql > > Regards, > Andy Stewart > > -------http://airbladesoftware.c how do i restore the databse to a new name. for eg i backup mysqldump -u username -ppassword -x --databases db1 > dump.sql i want to restore it to a new database <dbanother> appreciate ur help