# Mysqldump: Error in field count for table: \`name\` ! Aborting **URL:** \ **Category:** MySQL & MariaDB\ **Tags:** mysql\ **Created:** [March 29, 2023, 3:55pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/mysqldump-error-in-field-count-for-table-name-aborting/21033 "2023-03-29T15:55:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Percona\_new](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/percona_new/32/9299_2.png) [@Percona\_new](https://forums.percona.com/u/Percona_new)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 3:55pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/mysqldump-error-in-field-count-for-table-name-aborting/21033/1 "2023-03-29T15:55:53Z")
Hello Team, I am encountering an issue with mysqldump while attempting to take a backup of a database on the replica site. The error message displayed is as follows: “mysqldump: Error in field count for table: `tableName`! Aborting.” I have noticed that this error occurs consistently, but with different table names each time. Thank you for your attention to this matter. ---
**Author:** ![Mauricio\_Cacho](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/mauricio_cacho/32/5859_2.png) [@Mauricio\_Cacho](https://forums.percona.com/u/Mauricio_Cacho)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 1:42am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/mysqldump-error-in-field-count-for-table-name-aborting/21033/2 "2023-03-30T01:42:45Z")
Hi @Percona_new ! The error doesn’t provide much information indeed, my first guess would be, do you have tables with columns named “count” in your database? Also, please provide the versions you’re using; and if you’re running the mysqldump manually or is it under a script. As a final note, I would recommend you trying [mydumper](https://github.com/mydumper/mydumper) instead of mysqldump; since you can add parallelism to your backups with that one. I hope this helps you. Best, Mauricio.