Database Cloning in Mysql

1. Make a backup/dump of source database
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C:\Users\nandhsa>mysqldump -u root -p testmysql -r bkuptestmysql1.sql
Enter password: ****


2. Connect to MYSQL prompt
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C:\Users\nandhsa>mysql -u root -p
Enter password: ****
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 21
Server version: 5.5.33 MySQL Community Server (GPL)

Copyright (c) 2000, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its
affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective
owners.

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.

3. Create a target database
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mysql> create database newtestmysql;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

4. Connect to target database
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mysql> use newtestmysql;
Database changed

5. Import the dump/backup of the source database
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mysql> source bkuptestmysql1.sql
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

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Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.08 sec)

Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

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Query OK, 1 row affected (0.03 sec)

Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

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Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)



Create a user and give it permissions to the new database:
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mysql> use newtestmysql
Database changed
mysql> create user testuser identified by 'testuser';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> grant all on newtestmysql.* to 'testuser'@'localhost' identified by 'test
user';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> flush privileges;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)