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Start downloading a Wikipedia database dump file such as an English Wikipedia dump. It is best to use a download manager such as GetRight so you can resume downloading the file even if your computer crashes or is shut down during the download. Download XAMPPLITE from (you must get the 1.5.0 version for it to work). Make sure to pick the file ...
A database dump contains a record of the table structure and/or the data from a database and is usually in the form of a list of SQL statements ("SQL dump"). A database dump is most often used for backing up a database so that its contents can be restored in the event of data loss. Corrupted databases can often be recovered by analysis of the ...
When you import this information into a MySQL InnoDB database a number of bits of extra information are calculated, normally to help the database keep track of the data and access it quickly. This extra data (indexes, page-alignments, padding) accounts for the difference you see.
Note: This page discusses the SQL dump format, which is now obsolete. New Wikipedia dumps are in XML format. This page is currently inactive and is retained for historical reference.
Following is a sample my.cnf configuration file for MySQL that will allow you to import the Wikipedia database dumps without command line options or stream edits. (Verified en.wikipedia.org "cur" table on mysql-standard-5.0.7 as of 8 July 2005 ).
Import and export your personal data to a file for safekeeping. Personal data includes Mail, Favorites, Address Book, and settings. 1. Sign in to Desktop Gold. 2. Click the Settings icon. 3. While in the General settings, click the My Data tab. 4. Click Import or Export. 5. Select your file. 6. If exporting, create a password.
Database dumps are created from time to time (more info here) and are available for free download. As the page states, the best/most useful dump is the enwiki-latest-pages-articles.xml.bz2 ( dir ). Visiting the database dump progress site allows you to view the status of the current dump and easily browse to the downloads in it.
The page mentions 19 GB in the context of a different download, pages-articles-multistream.xml.bz2. The latest dump index says that the 19GB file is now about 22GB. -- John of Reading 07:06, 15 October 2023 (UTC)