一个MySQL的备份突然变小了很多，但实际的数据量却一直在增长。备份脚本也没有调整过。为什么呢？
重现了一下备份过程，发现备份中遇到了如下错误：
mysqldump: Got error: 1356: View 'wordpress.v_t1' references invalid table(s) or column(s) or function(s) or definer/invoker of view lack rights to use them when using LOCK TABLES
原因: 视图引用的表不存在。
原理：mysqldump在备份时要对表加读锁，加锁失败的时候。备份就终止了。
解决方法：在备份时加上--force参数
模拟测试如下：
正常情况：
1.创建表t1并插入数据
CREATE TABLE `t1` (
`a` int(11) NOT NULL,
`b` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
`c` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`a`),
UNIQUE KEY `b` (`b`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
insert into t1 values(1,3,5);
2.基于表t1创建视图
create view v_t1 as select * from t1;
3.模拟备份，可以正常备份出数据
mysqldump -ubkpuser -ps3cret wordpress>wordpress.sql
模拟视图引用的表被删除：
1.删除表t1
mysql> drop table t1;
Query OK, 0 rows affected
mysql> select * from v_t1;
1356 - View 'wordpress.v_t1' references invalid table(s) or column(s) or function(s) or definer/invoker of view lack rights to use them
2. 模拟备份，失败
$mysqldump -ubkpuser -ps3cret wordpress >wordpress1.sql
Warning: Using a password on the command line interface can be insecure.
mysqldump: Got error: 1356: View 'wordpress.v_t1' references invalid table(s) or column(s) or function(s) or definer/invoker of view lack rights to use them when using LOCK TABLES
3. 增加force参数后，虽然有错误，但不影响备份
$mysqldump -ubkpuser -ps3cret --force wordpress >wordpress1.sql
Warning: Using a password on the command line interface can be insecure.
mysqldump: Got error: 1356: View 'wordpress.v_t1' references invalid table(s) or column(s) or function(s) or definer/invoker of view lack rights to use them when using LOCK TABLES
mysqldump: Couldn't execute 'SHOW FIELDS FROM `v_t1`': View 'wordpress.v_t1' references invalid table(s) or column(s) or function(s) or definer/invoker of view lack rights to use them (1356)
[clouder@server2-86 ~]$ /home/clouder/vs/program/mysql/bin/mysqldump -uroot -p11 -S /home/clouder/vs/program/mysql/run/mysql.sock -h 172.16.2.86 --all-databases --master-data=1 --flush-logs --force > /home/clouder/backup/alldatabase`date +%F-%H-%M-%S`.sql
mysqldump: Couldn't execute 'SHOW FIELDS FROM `ApiCommandAliasView`': View 'api.ApiCommandAliasView' references invalid table(s) or column(s) or function(s) or definer/invoker of view lack rights to use them (1356)
mysqldump: Couldn't execute 'SHOW FIELDS FROM `ApiReset`': View 'api.ApiReset' references invalid table(s) or column(s) or function(s) or definer/invoker of view lack rights to use them (1356)