On Thu, 03 Jan 2008 22:27:40 +0100, <karljcox@gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry guys- yep Peter has it:
>
> ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the
> manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right
> syntax to use near 'mysqldump --' at line 1

And that would be because mysqldump is run from the shell, not the mysql
prompt (i.e. it's not a query of some sorts, it's a program).
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Rik Wasmus