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Backing up binary data in MySQL

Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 5:29 am
by batfastad
Hi everyone

Quick question... At the moment I run backups on MySQL databases just using mysqldump and a combination of options. I normally stuff that into a gzipped tar file straight awaly.

Is that still ok for backing up databases/tables that contain binary columns?
Or is there something more specific I should do when dealing within binary data?

Cheers, B