Backing up the posts / thread tables in readable (text?) format

[stark427]

Hello all,

after 4 years I have decided it's time to close my current VB forum / site.

(I will start a new one soon)

Of course I intend to keep a backup of the database for archiving reasons.
However I'd also like to ask whether there is a way to have a backup of the posts / threads table in txt (or something similar - readable) format.

I have precious things within these tables so a readable backup of all the posts would be very useful.

Any ideas?
This is really important for me, I guess it could also come handy for others, too.

thanx in advance