Running a Database on a Live Public Server?

[eluser]Dam1an[/eluser]
Just to correct Phil (and it's not his fault per se), that should be

Code:

mysqldump --opt -u dbuser -pPASSWORD dbname > /home/someuser/my_backup.sql

The auto typography for the quote block converts the 2 dashes to --

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