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mysqldump - weird charachters in password

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youradds

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Jun 27, 2001
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Hi,

Got a bit of a problem :(

I'm trying to do:

mysqldump --add-drop-table -ucontest -p'Du~Ce1D#gp(K' contest > contest.sql

..but I'm getting an "access denied" error when trying this :(

If I do:

mysqldump --add-drop-table -ucontest -p contest > contest.sql
-p (then enter the password)

..it works fine!

Anyone got any suggestions? My guess is that its something to do with the weird charachters in the password - but can I get around that? It will be a bugger if I have to edit all the database logins, and the scripts that use it :(

TIA!

Andy
 
Try a space between the -p and the 'Du...'
Might work
 
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