Backup and Migrate - Restore 1 Table

Well I never thought about trying this before, and there was no reason why it wouldn't work, but restoring a single table into a Drupal website using the Backup and Migrate module worked like a charm!

Scenario

I'm using the IP Ranges module on several websites across several servers. Most of the time the websites have content that is specific to certain geographic regions or countries, so getting hit a ton by China, Russia, or Brazil isn't desirable.

Also, adding the IP Ranges entries to each website (or even a new one) is tedious.

Enter Backup and Migrate

On one site, I do all of my manual entries using the IP Ranges interface. Then I can do a backup of the IP Ranges table from this site. The backup will contain info for just IP_RANGES and nothing else. I do not want to break my other sites. I have a Settings Profile for IP Ranges and then I do a manual backup.

On another site, do a restore using that backup file. But wait.....read below.

One Gotcha!

The backup contains a "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS" statement for ip_ranges. Now the script should be fairly quick, but dropping the table while the module is enabled can cause issues for the site if someone visits.

What I like to do is replace the statement in the script with "TRUNCATE" giving: TRUNCATE `ip_ranges`;

double check the rest of the script to make sure you haven't accidentally included other stuff.

Then run the script through the rest of the sites!

I'd rather use Firewall rules, but I need to do more research on that. I've broken access to sites before because I've entered the wrong Firewall rule. :P