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So I got a new Mac book and wanted to know if a backup with a .SQL will work if I need to make a recovery? I went to download WinRar but dont know if it worked....

You don't need WinRAR for a database backup. If you ever need to use a backup, phpMyAdmin supports GZip so you won't even need to extract it.

WinRar is something to extract .rar archives...

Ok will a .sql file work for backups?

Yes, that's how you make database backups... for file backups, just zip up your files.

Its all one file.

Yes, a database backup is always one file... you must have taken one before at some point...??

(2010-12-25, 10:12 PM)MattRogowski Wrote: [ -> ]Yes, a database backup is always one file... you must have taken one before at some point...??

Yes but they where always in a zip file so I never seen the .sql file but thanks! ^_^