How do I Export and Import a MySQL Database ?

There are times during migrations, database restores etc that you will need to export and import your MySQL database. Below shows you the commands required to achieved this.

Note : This article is meant as a reference point rather then a full blown article.

Export

mysqldump -u root -p {database} > db.sql

Import

mysql -u root -p -h 127.0.0.1 {database} < db.sql
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