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22 Aug 2006, 3:01 PM
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does Backup MYSQL do a full back up of everything ?

all the modules i am installing say do a back up first so i installed Backup MYSQL and did one . is that enough ? to be honest i have no idea what SQL is ...

22 Aug 2006, 3:26 PM
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Re: does Backup MYSQL do a full back up of everything ?

SQL is your database. Doing the backup copies all your database contents to a file with a .sql extension.

You still have all your PHP files etc from your "public_html" to backup ... ideally via an FTP program such as FileZilla

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22 Aug 2006, 4:02 PM
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Re: does Backup MYSQL do a full back up of everything ?

ok i just used filezilla to FTP my site to a folder on my home PC . thanks