I need to takedown a database, but I want to be able to restore it later if I need to. Looking at MySQL Workbench I can find "Reverse Engineer" and "Data Export" as tools for achieving this.
What are the differences between those two?
I need to takedown a database, but I want to be able to restore it later if I need to. Looking at MySQL Workbench I can find "Reverse Engineer" and "Data Export" as tools for achieving this.
What are the differences between those two?
Reverse Engineer to generate the EER diagram (behind the scenes). check this link
Export data for Backup issues check this answer