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Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2012 20:04:20 +0100
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Subject: Re: phpmyadmin export
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On 01-11-2012 21:29, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
> Michael Vilain wrote:
>
>> Richard Yates <richard@yatesguitar.com> wrote:
>>> I cannot find a way of exporting (except as SQL) a mysql table that
>>> includes all the comments that I have added to each field in the table
>>> using phpmyadmin.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>
>> AFAIK, phpmyadmin uses mysqladmin to extract the tables from MySQL.  […]
>
> That would be surprising since AFAIK phpMyAdmin runs without exec()
> permission.  Using the functions provided by either the `mysql' or the
> `mysqli' PHP extension, both of which phpMyAdmin supports, it is already
> possible to extract that information using MySQL statements.  And indeed, I
> could not find an occurrence of `mysqladmin' in the phpMyAdmin source code,
> which is another strong indication that you are mistaken here.
>
>
> PointedEars
>

A simple:
SHOW CREATE tablename

will show the results, with comments