SQL Dumper is simple solution for backup of your MySQL database. Really easy to work with, highly secured. It doesn't matter how big is the database you want to export or import, this component is able to manage it without any problems. NOTE: All files are saved in administrator/backups/ folder. If you want to restore a (import) a database, the SQL file should be also there. The script is produced by Sypex (Sypex Dumper Lite, distributed under GNU/GPL) and is integrated to Joomla! by Ivo Apostolov. The features: - Can export any size database. - Can import any size database. - Backups are stored in administrator/backups. - Backups can be downloaded after creation. - For security reasons, you need to use your database username and password and to login. - Much faster than phpMyAdmin and similar tools - Can work on any host, any port and with any encoding Please note that the default settings are Database host: localhost Database port: 3306 Database encoding: utf8 If you need to change some of this, simply edit the file settings.php. If tou need a tool to work on Joomla! 1.0 series, please review the old version: http://extensions.joomla.org/component/option,com_mtree/task,viewlink/link_id,507/Itemid,35/