title: How to mysqldump WITHOUT dropping any tables
body: <p>Normally, when I backup the database, I run a command like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>mysqldump -uuser -p -hhost -Ddatabase &gt; C:\TEMP\db_2018-04-05.sql
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Inside that file, there are <code>DROP table</code> statements. This is normally fine, but I've modified my localhost to have a different schema than the production database. </p>
  
  <p>If I execute this file, it will blow away the important changes to the database schema on my localhost.</p>
  
  <p>All I need is the <code>INSERT</code> statements. Is there any flag I can pass <code>mysqldump</code> to achieve this?</p>