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MySQL dump to export data only (no DB schema nor table instructions). Particularly useful when exporting a Rails DB to re-import it afterwards in a DB that has been created through `rake db:drop db:create db:migrate`.
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mysqldump --user="username" --password="password" --skip-triggers --compact --no-create-info --ignore-table="database_name.schema_migrations" --ignore-table="database_name.table_populated_through_migration" "database_name" > "dump.sql"
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kwerle commented May 1, 2020 •
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Probably also add --ignore-table="database_name.ar_internal_metadata" these days.

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