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UPDATE table1
INNER
JOIN table2
ON table2.something = table1.something
SET table2.field2 = table1.user

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In the end of this article I want you watch this interesting presentation by Brian Aker

mysqldump tool provide facility to backup MySQL databases. It creates *.sql file with DROP, CREATE and INSERT statements. There are number of keys, which can be used to create backup of database(s).

Details of all keys can be checked using command
bash: # mysqldump --help

Basic command for taking backup

bash: # mysqldump -u root -p[root_password] [database_name] > filename.sql

And for restoring

bash: # mysql -u root -p[root_password] [database_name] < filename.sql

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