Making mysqldump compatible with older versions

If you receive some errors such as the following when trying to import your mysql database dump you are most likely attempting to dump a database from a newer version of MySQL and import it into an older version:

You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ‘DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1′

OR

You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ‘DEFAULT CHARSET=utf-8′

Solution?
Add the following parameter to your msyqldump statement:

Code


–compatible=mysql40
Tags: , , June 5th, 2008 Posted in Database

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