Mysqldump Out of Memory?

[propheci]

i get this when trying to dump my forum:

mysqldump: Out of memory (Needed 25520 bytes)
mysqldump: Got error: 2008: MySQL client run out of memory when retrieving data from server

is that talking about disk drive space or actual ram? and does anyone know how to fix it?

thanks.

[eva2000]

are you using

1. vB's backup
2. phpmyadmin
3. telnet to use mysqldump

if using mysqldump use --opt to prevent mysqldump from loading the entire mysql database into memory prior to dumping

so

mysqldump --opt -u username -p databasename > /path/to/dump.sql

[propheci]

i was using telnet. your answer fixed everything. thank you very much!

[eva2000]

Originally posted by propheci
i was using telnet. your answer fixed everything. thank you very much! no probs :D

[mcncyo]

you might want to upgrade your ram.