How can you backup your SQL file

[charlee]

So if i do the dump in my vps i get only like 20MB sql file but one of my friend was able to backup the entire forum meaning the board the user everything in one sql file and it was around 500+ MB but when i dump it's only 20MB so how can i dump the entire forum which will have everything like icons that i changed and text or post that i made etc

 

[AbsoluteZer]

Did you select your entire database and not just one table from your database?
If you are using phpmyadmin, you click on the name of your database and then on export at the top, then once on the export page you click on export at the bottom.