Question

I have been using mysqldump for backup purposes.
We have a new database here with lots of functions, procedures and triggers. What happens to these functions or procedures or triggers if I take a complete database backup?

Will these triggers, functions and procedures also be dumped?
Are there any precautions need to be taken in this kind of scenario?

Answer 1

mysqldump will backup by default all the triggers but NOT the stored
procedures/functions. There are 2 mysqldump parameters that control
this behavior:

–routines (procedures and functions) – false by default
–triggers – true by default

http://www.ducea.com/2007/07/25/dumping-mysql-stored-procedures-functions-and-triggers/