You would use phpMyAdmin in XAMPP to do all your database manipulations.
http://localhost/phpmyadmin
Select or create your database then look for
Export = dump a database to an sql file
Import = import an exported/dumped database sql file.
There is a Documentation and a Wiki link on the phpMyAdmin main/home page
BTW Dump is a Grey Beard term and has been superseded by the term Export.
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Take a look at the new
DeskTopXampp launch control posted by
ridgewood:
http://community.apachefriends.org/f/viewtopi ... 967#103967
The
DeskTopXampp launch control for
XAMPP and
XAMPPlite (DTX.exe)
is available here:
http://zedfiles.com/DTX/
I highly recommend DTX.
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