Can MySQL reliably restore backups that contain views or not?

Question

Environment: Ubuntu 11.10, MySQL 5.1.58

I have a small database with views. When I try to dump and restore, I get

ERROR 1356 (HY000) at line 1693: View          


        

Answer 1

Couple of things:

1.) Yes, you can create the views using some client BUT perhaps the owner of the tables is not the owner of the view, which leads to

2.) Usually, doing backups of views in mysql includes some "useless garbage" like

create algorithm xxx definer= sql security view  as ....

and that user often includes the IP or machine name the user logged on when creating the view... SO, the view won't create properly. Check that out, might help you.