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  1. #1
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    Need help/suggestion, transferring account got errors

    I need your help/suggestion regarding to my problem, I want to move an account from one host to other, but when creating the backup from old host the backup file always got corrupted, already asked the support and they can't identify the problem, instead they repeats creating backup which always produces corrupted file

    This is one example of the corrupted file (I extract this from backup zip file):
    DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `tablename`;
    CREATE TABLE `tablename` (
    `id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
    `parent_id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
    `name` varchar(100) NOT NULL,
    `url` v-- Sending SELECT query...
    -- Retrieving rows...
    archar(50) NOT NULL,

    `order_num` int(3) NOT NULL default '0',
    PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
    KEY `parent_id` (`parent_id`)
    ) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=7 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
    I'm afraid the corrupted files are not only in sql files but other files like scripts etc and I can't check it one by one.

    Does anyone know why this problem occurs?

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    How are you creating the backup? Using a feature within your control panel, or actually logging in via SSH and doing a proper mysqldump then downloading it?
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    I'm using cPanel full backup, I don't know how my host support created it. What are the options? and which one is more reliable?

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    Quote Originally Posted by aditan22 View Post
    I'm using cPanel full backup, I don't know how my host support created it. What are the options? and which one is more reliable?
    Ask your provider for SSH (shell) access and run the following command:

    mysqldump -u database_username -p database_name > backup.sql

    Change database_username to the user that is allowed to access the database, then change database_name to the actual database you want to backup. Using mysqldump directly is the preferred method of backing up a database, as occasionally the cPanel interface can cause problems - even though it technically uses mysqldump in the background.
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  5. #5
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    Okay, thanks for your help.
    Btw, that might solves the database problem, how about other files backup? are you assuming that the problem is only on mysqldump?

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    It's safe to assume the problem is isolated to the MySQL dumps and no other content. How large is your database, and do you know how many tables are present?
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  7. #7
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    Okay, at least there's a good news
    The data isn't so big, still a new site but there are many tables (CMS and Forum) and many tables got error in the sql like in example.

    Btw, you're faster replying me than my host... lol.. I sent what you have suggested and no reply until now. It used to be a good host but I got many issues recently, well let's see...

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    Looks like the issue you are experiencing is related to a recent cPanel pkgacct bug. Regardless, mysqldump via the shell prompt (SSH) is always the sure fire way compared to cPanel's backup and phpMyAdmin.

    Further discussion:
    http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=679712
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  9. #9
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    I see, thank you very much for your guidance and your information, I really appreciate it.

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