Index: ../../../../../../../../../../projects/drupal_modules/contributions/modules/backup_migrate/backup_migrate.module
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--- ../../../../../../../../../../projects/drupal_modules/contributions/modules/backup_migrate/backup_migrate.module	(revision 1.3)
+++ ../../../../../../../../../../projects/drupal_modules/contributions/modules/backup_migrate/backup_migrate.module	Mon May 25 12:06:04 CEST 2009
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@
 function backup_migrate_backup() {
   $form = array();
   $tables = _backup_migrate_get_table_names();
+  $views = _backup_migrate_get_view_names();
   $form['backup_migrate_exclude_tables'] = array(
     "#type" => "select",
     "#multiple" => true,
@@ -199,6 +200,14 @@
     "#default_value" => variable_get( "backup_migrate_nodata_tables", _backup_migrate_default_structure_only_tables() ),
     "#description" => t( "The selected tables will have their structure backed up but not their contents. This is useful for excluding cache data to reduce file size." ),    
   );
+  $form['backup_migrate_exclude_views'] = array(
+    "#type" => "select",
+    "#multiple" => true,
+    "#title" => t("Exclude the following views altogether"),
+    "#options" => $views,
+    "#default_value" => variable_get( "backup_migrate_exclude_views", _backup_migrate_default_exclude_views() ),
+    "#description" => t( "The selected views will not be added to the backup file." ),
+  );
   $form['backup_migrate_file_name'] = array(
     "#type" => "textfield",
     "#title" => t( "Backup file name" ),
@@ -278,6 +287,7 @@
   if ( $form_state['values']['backup_migrate_save_settings'] ) {
     variable_set( "backup_migrate_exclude_tables",     $form_state['values']['backup_migrate_exclude_tables'] );
     variable_set( "backup_migrate_nodata_tables",      $form_state['values']['backup_migrate_nodata_tables'] );
+    variable_set( "backup_migrate_exclude_views",      $form_state['values']['backup_migrate_exclude_views']);
     variable_set( "backup_migrate_file_name",          $form_state['values']['backup_migrate_file_name'] );
     variable_set( "backup_migrate_destination",        $form_state['values']['backup_migrate_destination'] );
     variable_set( "backup_migrate_compression",        $form_state['values']['backup_migrate_compression'] );
@@ -539,6 +549,7 @@
 function _backup_migrate_get_dump_sql( $file, $exclude_tables, $nodata_tables ) {
   if ( $dst = fopen( $file, "w" ) ) {
     $exclude = variable_get( "backup_migrate_exclude_tables", _backup_migrate_default_exclude_tables() );
+    $exclude_views = variable_get( "backup_migrate_exclude_views", _backup_migrate_default_exclude_views());
     $nodata = variable_get( "backup_migrate_nodata_tables", _backup_migrate_default_structure_only_tables() );
     fwrite( $dst, _backup_migrate_get_sql_file_header() );
     $alltables = _backup_migrate_get_tables();
@@ -550,6 +561,12 @@
         }
       }  
     }
+    $allviews = _backup_migrate_get_views();
+    foreach ($allviews as $view) {
+      if ( $view['Name'] && !isset($exclude_views[$view['Name']] ) ) {
+        fwrite( $dst, _backup_migrate_get_view_structure_sql($view) );
+      }
+    }
     fwrite( $dst, _backup_migrate_get_sql_file_footer() );
     fclose( $dst );
     return true;
@@ -577,6 +594,20 @@
 }
 
 /**
+ * Get the sql for the structure of the given view
+ */
+function _backup_migrate_get_view_structure_sql($view) {
+  $out = "";
+  $result = db_query("SHOW CREATE VIEW `". $view['Name'] ."`");
+  if ($create = db_fetch_array($result)) {
+    $out .= "DROP VIEW IF EXISTS `". $view['Name'] ."`;\n";
+    $out .= strtr( $create['Create View'], "\n", " " );
+    $out .= ";\n";
+  }
+  return $out;
+}
+
+/**
  *  Get the sql to insert the data for a given table
  */
 function _backup_migrate_dump_table_data_sql_to_handle( $dst, $table ) {
@@ -637,12 +668,29 @@
   // get auto_increment values and names of all tables
   $tables = db_query("show table status");
   while ( $table = db_fetch_array($tables) ) {
+    if(!empty($table['Engine'])) {
-    $out[] = $table;
-  }
+      $out[] = $table;
+    }
+  }
   return $out;
 }
 
 /**
+ * Get a list of views in the db. Works with MySQL, Postgres not tested.
+ */
+function _backup_migrate_get_views() {
+  $out = "";
+  // get names of all views
+  $tables = db_query("show table status");
+  while ($table = db_fetch_array($tables)) {
+    if(empty($table['Engine'])) {
+      $out[] = $table;
+    }
+  }
+  return $out;
+}
+
+/**
  * Get the list of table names.
  */ 
 function _backup_migrate_get_table_names( ) {
@@ -650,11 +698,27 @@
   // get auto_increment values and names of all tables
   $tables = db_query("show table status");
   while ( $table = db_fetch_array($tables) ) {
+    if(!empty($table['Engine'])) {
-    $out[$table['Name']] = $table['Name'];
-  }
+      $out[$table['Name']] = $table['Name'];
+    }
+  }
   return $out;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Get the list of table names.
+ */
+function _backup_migrate_get_view_names() {
+  $out = "";
+  // Get auto_increment values and names of all views.
+  $tables = db_query("show table status");
+  while ( $table = db_fetch_array($tables) ) {
+    if(empty($table['Engine'])) {
+      $out[$table['Name']] = $table['Name'];
+    }
+  }
+  return $out;
+}
 
 
 /**
@@ -1131,6 +1195,13 @@
 }
 
 /**
+ * Views to ingore altogether. None by default.
+ */
+function _backup_migrate_default_exclude_views() {
+  return array();
+}
+
+/**
  * Return the default tables whose data can be ignored. These tables mostly contain
  *  info which can be easily reproducted (such as cache or search index)
  *  but also tables which can become quite bloated but are not necessarily extremely