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MySqlBackup.NET Guide

Last Updated: July 13th, 2025

User Guides & Documentation

How to use MySqlBackup.NET effectively

• v2.6 - Getting Started Guide: From Basics to Advanced - Updated: July 4th, 2025
• v2.6.2 - Change Log - Updated: July 12th, 2025
• v2.6 - Conditional Rows Export for Each Table - Updated: July 4th, 2025
• v2.6 - Column Value Adjustment Feature - Updated: July 4th, 2025
• Packets larger than max_allowed_packet are not allowed - Updated: July 4th, 2025
• How to Add This Library into Your Project
• Using Progress Report With Export Backup
• Using Progress Report With Import Restore
• Export Each Table As Separate SQL Backup File
• Using Encryption and Compression - Updated: July 5th, 2025
• Example of Using in MemoryStream, Zip and ASP.NET
• Running in CentOS (Linux)
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Commonly Seen Error
• Table or Column's name wrapped with double quotes in stead of single quote

Technical Deep Dives & Implementation Insights

Technical research articles documenting the making of MySqlBackup.NET

• v2.6.2 - Converting .NET Date/Time Objects to MySQL-Compliant SQL - Updated: July 13th, 2025
• v2.6 - Understanding MySQL TIMESTAMP Timezone Handling in MySqlBackup.NET - Updated: July 6th, 2025
• v2.6.2 - Understanding the Parallel Import Mechanism in MySqlBackup.NET v2.6.2 - Updated: July 12th, 2025
• v2.6 - Understanding the Parallel Export Mechanism in MySqlBackup.NET - Updated: July 7th, 2025
• v2.6 - Performance Benchmark (MySqlBackup.NET, MySqlDump, MySQL.EXE) - Updated: July 7th, 2025
• v2.6 - Understanding Escape Characters in MySQL and MySqlBackup.NET - Updated: July 6th, 2025
• v2.6 - Understanding Delimiters and Routine Creation in MySQLBackup.NET - Updated: July 6th, 2025
• v2.6 - Understanding Headers and Footers in MySqlBackup.NET SQL Dump Files - Updated: July 6th, 2025

Other:

• Manual MySQL Installation Guide for Windows - Updated: July 10th, 2025
• C# - Executing mysqldump and mysql.exe Directly in System.Diagnostics.Process Without External Script
  - Updated: July 4th, 2025
  This is a comprehensive C#-specific solution for running mysqldump and mysql.exe directly in System.Diagnostics.Process.
  This complete information doesn't appear to be directly available on the internet or from AI (as of this writing).
  Some of the crucial steps were discovered through extensive trial and error.
  This guide has been re-adapted into another version of the walkthrough published at adriancs.com - Post 2.
  Based on the first original post: adriancs.com - Post 1