Question

I need to copy a MySQL DB from a server on Linux to a server on Windows. I’ve tried using mysqldump but it doesn’t seem to include Stored Procs. I want to copy everything, i.e. schema, data, stored procs, triggers, etc.

Thanks,
Don

Answer 1

You want the “–routines” option of mysqldump.

From the documentation for –routines flag:

Dump stored routines (procedures and
functions) from the dumped databases.
Use of this option requires the SELECT
privilege for the mysql.proc table.
The output generated by using
–routines contains CREATE PROCEDURE and CREATE FUNCTION statements to
re-create the routines. However, these
statements do not include attributes
such as the routine creation and
modification timestamps. This means
that when the routines are reloaded,
they will be created with the
timestamps equal to the reload time.

If you require routines to be
re-created with their original
timestamp attributes, do not use
–routines. Instead, dump and reload the contents of the mysql.proc table
directly, using a MySQL account that
has appropriate privileges for the
mysql database.

This option was added in MySQL 5.1.2.
Before that, stored routines are not
dumped. Routine DEFINER values are not
dumped until MySQL 5.1.8. This means
that before 5.1.8, when routines are
reloaded, they will be created with
the definer set to the reloading user.
If you require routines to be
re-created with their original
definer, dump and load the contents of
the mysql.proc table directly as
described earlier.