How to use a back-up files?Let me give you a short introduction into database administration course. INSERT INTO `gw_abbr` VALUES ('161','1','0','1');
INSERT INTO `gw_settings` VALUES (0x63616368655f7a6c6962,0x30);
INSERT INTO `gw_topics` VALUES (0x31,'1','10','0','1150830258','1151237086','');This is SQL-dump, a file with database commands. These files could be very large, for example, the commands for dictionary with 50.000 terms could take 30 MBytes or more. You can't upload it with browser unless you have a broadband Internet connection. But in the most cases, a hosting provider just will not allow you to upload such big files with its database administration tool (phpMyAdmin or custom). The general purpose of SQL-dump is to import it using a command line: # mysql database_name -u username -p < dumpfile.sql The most of hosting companies provides information about how to use a command line interface (via SSH) for their clients. A cheap hosting does not have command line interface at all, usually. : How to make a back-up?
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