How can I backup a mysql database from Java?

Question

How can I backup a MySQL database using a Java program?

Solution 1

execute mysqldump from java code

Example:

Backup :

Runtime.getRuntime().exec("mysqldump -u USERNAME -pPASSWORD DBNAME > /path/to/location/backup.sql");

Restore:

Runtime.getRuntime().exec("mysql -u USERNAME -pPASSWORD < /path/to/location/backup.sql");

Solution 2

Runtime.getRuntime().exec("mysqldump -uroot -psome_password database_name > /whereever/dump_todays_date.sql");

Solution 3

If you are looking for a window version?

This may help:

how can i backup and restore date from mysql data base