[ale] Re: Any Navicat users??

[Greg Freemyer]

On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 19:37:39 -0500, Greg Freemyer
<greg.freemyer at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am trying to restore a mysql backup created by Navicat.  I have it
> on CD, but I suspect I need to copy it somewhere Navicat expects to
> find it.
> 
> I have never used Navicat before, but I have it installed and seems to
> be working.  ie. I can see my databases and tables.  For now I have
> set my config directory to /tmp, so Navicat has full access to it.
> 
> When I click restore backup, nothing happens.  I was hoping to get a
> dialog box asking me for a pathname.
> 
> Surprisingly, I tried to create a backup just so I could see the
> structure Navicat uses for backups, but that is failing.  But I'm just
> given "Backup Unsuccessful".  A directory does get created in /tmp by
> name of my database.  And I get a gzip error message about can't find
> file /tmp/my-database/random-file
> 
> I'm not sure where to go from here.  Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> One other small complaint, I have to re-create the connection every
> time I launch Navicat.  ie. It does not seem to be saving the config
> info.  Possibly this is related.
> 
> FYI: This is all with the latest version of Navicat and SUSE 9.2 Professional
> 
> --
> Greg
> --
> Greg Freemyer
> The Norcross Group
> Forensics for the 21st Century
> 

I made a little progress.  I copied the backup from the CD to
/tmp/my-database (from above).  Now the backups show up in the backup
window.  But I can't retore them, nor can I create new backups.

I'm afraid it is time to give up on Linux Navicat and do this from Windows. :(

-- 
Greg
-- 
Greg Freemyer
The Norcross Group
Forensics for the 21st Century