Project – Github Site: https://github.com/MySqlBackupNET/MySqlBackup.Net
Easily backup MySQL database in C#. An alternative for MySqlDump.
Add the using statement:
using MySql.Data.MySqlClient;Simple Export Example:
string constring = "server=localhost;user=root;pwd=qwerty;database=test;";
string file = "C:\\backup.sql";
using (MySqlConnection conn = new MySqlConnection(constring))
{
using (MySqlCommand cmd = new MySqlCommand())
{
using (MySqlBackup mb = new MySqlBackup(cmd))
{
cmd.Connection = conn;
conn.Open();
mb.ExportToFile(file);
conn.Close();
}
}
}Simple Import Example
string constring = "server=localhost;user=root;pwd=qwerty;database=test;";
string file = "C:\\backup.sql";
using (MySqlConnection conn = new MySqlConnection(constring))
{
using (MySqlCommand cmd = new MySqlCommand())
{
using (MySqlBackup mb = new MySqlBackup(cmd))
{
cmd.Connection = conn;
conn.Open();
mb.ImportFromFile(file);
conn.Close();
}
}
}Official documentation: https://github.com/MySqlBackupNET/MySqlBackup.Net/wiki