Stored procedures and Triggers are first introduces with MySQL 5.0. So if you are still using MySQL older version’s upgrade it to MySQL 5.0 or higher version to use these features.
This article will help you with how to make a dump of Stored procedures and triggers using the mysqldump command.
What is Stored Procedure?
A stored procedure, by definition, is a segment of declarative SQL code that is stored in the database catalog and can be invoked later by a program, a trigger, or even a stored procedure.
What is Triggers?
Triggers are event-driven specialized procedures, they are stored in and managed by the database. A trigger is a SQL procedure that initiates an action on an event (Like INSERT, DELETE or UPDATE) occurs.
When we simply execute mysqldump, It automatically takes backup of triggers but it will not backup stored procedures by default.
Backup Stored Procedures and Routines
We need to specify --routines to take backup of stored procedures with data and tables.
The following command will create a backup of the entire database including stored procedures. For example, your database name is “mydb”.
mysqldump -u root -p --routines mydb > mydb.sql
To take backup of only stored procedures and triggers (excluding table structure and data ) use the following command.
mysqldump --routines --no-create-info --no-data --no-create-db --skip-opt mydb > mydb.sql
Restore Procedures
To restore stored procedures in the database simply use the following command, But make sure you have taken backup properly before restoring it to avoid any data loss.
mysql -u root -p mydb < mydb.sql
References: Stored Procedures , Triggers
3 Comments
Same question as Ankit. Please elaborate.
Why should we backup Stored Procedures, Triggers and Routines?
What’s the need?
Please elaborate.
If you want a database backup that you can restore on another machine, then you’ll need to ensure you’ve included the definitions for Stored procs, Triggers and Routines/Functions in the backup. Data and table structure are included by default.