Question

I use a bash script that dumps separate areas of a single database to separate dump files. Currently the files are dumped in this order:

1. Database, table and view schema.
2. Routines.
3. Triggers.
4. Events.
5. Data.

Now, I was wondering – in what order should I import the data if I were to?

I have one concern if I were to import the dumps in the same order – if I import triggers before importing data, will they be “triggered” during import?

Should I import schema first, then data and then the rest? Is there any particular order I should be doing this?

Answer 1

I’ll answer myself in case anyone needs to know explicitly.

As @ajreal suggested, the best way would be follow the order mysqldump outputs. And mysqldump’s order is as follows:

1. Database
2. Tables
   1. Table schema (inc. constraints)
   2. Table data
   3. Table triggers
3. Views – temporary tables only!
4. Events.
5. Routines.
6. Views – final view structure