MySQL Bugs: #2895: mysqldump --fields-escaped-by cannot take an argument

Bug #2895	mysqldump --fields-escaped-by cannot take an argument
Submitted:	19 Feb 2004 13:09	Modified:	21 Feb 2004 5:25
Reporter:	Todd Keup	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server: mysqldump Command-line Client	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:	4.1.1a alpha	OS:	Windows (Windows XP Pro)
Assigned to:	Sergei Golubchik	CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
Executing the mysqldump command with the --fields-escaped-by option is generating an error in the mysql client for Windows.  The following command(s) work fine (single-quoted arguments do not work, they simply return a Usage syntax listing displaying the mysqldump command syntax):

mysqldump -u root -p --opt -T .\tables_dir --fields-terminated-by=, --fields-enclosed-by=\" database_name table_name
OR
mysqldump -u root -p --opt -T .\tables_dir --fields-terminated-by="," --fields-enclosed-by="\"" database_name table_name

However, when attempting to add the --fields-escaped-by=... option:

mysqldump -u root -p --opt -T .\tables_dir --fields-terminated-by=, --fields-enclosed-by=\"  --fields-escaped-by=@ database_name table_name

...returns the error message:

mysqldump: option '--fields-escaped-by' cannot take an argument

How to repeat:
Enter the command again.  I've tried a number of different escape characters and single-quoted as well as double-quoted argument syntax to no avail.  I expected the text file to be created with a different escape character or possibly no escape character.

Suggested fix:
Allow the --fields-escaped-by option to be executed successfully in the Windows mysql client.  Thank you.

Verified against 4.1.2/Linux.  Thank you.

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Additional info:

fixed in 4.1.2
thanks!