Make a quick dump of a mysql database:
You can then read that dump file back into the server like this
or like this:
First, isntall MySQL package installer from
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.1.html#downloads
DON'T DOWNLOAD THE 64-BIT VERSION!!!
You must download the 32-bit version even if you have a 64-bit machine.
Then I was able to run this. Note: it is important to give the gem installer the -with-mysql-config flag, and point it to the file mysql_config inside the bin/ directory
sudo gem install mysql – -with-mysql-config=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config