diff -up e-smith-mysql-2.4.0/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/mysql-dump-tables.preBackup e-smith-mysql-2.4.0/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/mysql-dump-tables
--- e-smith-mysql-2.4.0/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/mysql-dump-tables.preBackup	2013-03-20 17:05:10.000000000 -0700
+++ e-smith-mysql-2.4.0/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/mysql-dump-tables	2008-10-06 07:29:16.000000000 -0700
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ then
 fi
 for db in $(mysql -BNre "show databases;")
 do
-    mysqldump --add-drop-table -QB "$db" -r /home/e-smith/db/mysql/"$db".dump || exit 1
+    mysqldump --single-transaction --add-drop-table -QB "$db" -r /home/e-smith/db/mysql/"$db".dump || exit 1
 done