title: phpmyadmin export file size
body: <p>This question relates to the file size resulting from phpmyadmin export.</p>
  
  <p>I am exporting a table using phpmyadmin export.</p>
  
  <p>I had exported the table with 10M rows a few days back.</p>
  
  <p>Now the table has 15M rows. Now, when I export that same table again, the resulting table1.sql file size is <strong>less</strong> than before. I am using exactly the same export settings (the max query size, etc.)</p>
  
  <p>I have not used compression either time. I am exporting to a flat .sql query file containing 'INSERT INTO' queries.</p>
  
  <p>Is this possible ? Perhaps someone can shed light on the situation.</p>
  
  <p>Couple of things that may be relevant -
  - phpmyadmin shows a row count smaller than the exact row count next to 'Dump some row(s):' </p>
  
  <p>(Unfortunately, I can't attach either export file - they are just too big.)</p>