Saving Character Info for an Upgrade

[joshkincheloe]

Is there a way to export character information if I want to upgrade to the latest version of EQEmu?

[Trumpcard]

I always do this before updating my database

mysqldump is a binary program like mysql..
The general format of it is mysqldump <database name> <tablename>

so, this should do it for you..
mysqldump eq character_ > character.sql
mysqldump eq account > account.sql

Then , after the new database is is place (new db.sql, or updated one)

mysql eq < character.sql
mysql eq < account.sql

(assuming your database name is eq)

[joshkincheloe]

Thank you,
I'll give that a try.

[Bardboy]

I've been looking for a way to make mysqldump use REPLACE INTO instead of INSERT INTO, does anyone know if this is possible?