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Development Tools Database Foundations Securing and Maintaining a MySQL Database Backing up and Restoring Databases

Jasmin Parent
Jasmin Parent
4,311 Points
Posted by Jasmin Parent
Jasmin Parent
4,311 Points

error when exporting: "Could not get mysqldump version" Workbench was unable to get mysqldumpv version

error when exporting: "Could not get mysqldump version"

Workbench was unable to get mysqldumpv version Please verify the log for more information.

im running as admin and here is my mysqldump path in preferences: C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\bin\mysqldump

logs:

20:25:12 [ERR][ Workbench]: Console redirection failed. 20:25:12 [INF][ WBContext]: Parsing application arguments. 20:25:12 [INF][ WBContext]: C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Workbench 6.3 CE\MySQLWorkbench.exe 20:25:12 [INF][ Workbench]: Starting up Workbench 20:25:12 [INF][ Workbench]: Current environment: Command line: "C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Workbench 6.3 CE\MySQLWorkbench.exe" CurrentDirectory: C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Workbench 6.3 CE HasShutdownStarted: False OSVersion: Microsoft Windows NT 6.2.9200.0 ... ... ... 20:26:16 [ERR][wb_admin_export.py:get_path_to_mysqldump:79]: mysqldump path specified in configurations is invalid: "C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\bin\mysqldump"mysqldump path specified in configurations is invalid: "C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\bin\mysqldump"mysqldump command was not found, please install it or configure it in Edit -> Preferences -> MySQLmysqldump path specified in configurations is invalid: "C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\bin\mysqldump"mysqldump command was not found, please install it or configure it in Edit -> Preferences -> MySQLmysqldump path specified in configurations is invalid: "C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\bin\mysqldump"mysqldump command was not found, please install it or configure it in Edit -> Preferences -> MySQLmysqldump path specified in configurations is invalid: "C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\bin\mysqldump"mysqldump command was not found, please install it or configure it in Edit -> Preferences -> MySQL