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diff --git a/docs/en/rst/installing/backups.rst b/docs/en/rst/installing/backups.rst index c4d1ec863..4b1953c44 100644 --- a/docs/en/rst/installing/backups.rst +++ b/docs/en/rst/installing/backups.rst @@ -15,9 +15,11 @@ setup. MySQL ----- -:command:`mysqldump --opt -u $USERNAME -p $DATABASENAME > backup.sql` +:command:`mysqldump --max-allowed-packet=32M -u $USERNAME -p $DATABASENAME > backup.sql` -See the +The value for :command:`max-allowed-packet` should be the value you've set in +your :ref:`MySQL configuration file <mysql>`, and should be larger than the +largest attachment in your database. See the `mysqldump documentation <http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/mysqldump.html>`_ for more information on :file:`mysqldump`. |