Syntax error: "(" unexpected on shell script - shell

Question

I'm getting 7: Syntax error: "(" unexpected error while running bellow code on Ubuntu. But It's run on centos without any issues.
#!/bin/sh
#
TODATE=`date '+%Y-%b-%d'`
#
# Backup Creation for Databases
#
databases=(`echo 'show databases;' | mysql -u root -ppaSSword | grep -v ^Database$`)
for DB in "${databases[#]}"; do
mysqldump --force --opt --user=root --password=paSSword $DB | gzip > /mnt/Backup/DB/${DB}_${TODATE}.sql.gz
done
#
Please help me to solve this.
I can't figure out problem. But,
I'm using bellow code for backup. It's working fine with Ubuntu
#!/bin/bash
#
TODATE=`date '+%Y-%b-%d'`
databases="$(mysql -u root -ppaSSword -Bse 'show databases')"
for DB in $databases
do
mysqldump -u root -psqlMYadmin $DB | gzip > /mnt/Backup/DB/${DB}_${TODATE}.sql.gz
done

Answer 1

You can redirect the 'show databases' output to dump.txt file, if done then try.
#!/bin/bash
da=$(date +"%d-%m-%y")
for db in `cat dump.txt` ; do mysqldump --force --opt --user=root --password=paSSword $db | gzip /path/to/backup/$db_"$da".sql.gz ; done

Answer 2

You need to escape the last '$' on the line databases= ...

Answer 3

There's only one ( in the script and you have the shebang line #!/bin/sh. My best guess is that the program /bin/sh does not recognize array assignment, whereas /bin/bash would.
Change your shebang to #!/bin/bash.
You'd probably do better to use $(...) in place of the back ticks.) Also, as Sami Laine points out in his answer, it would be better if you quoted the regex to the grep command (though it is not the cause of your problem):
databases=( $(echo 'show databases;' | mysql -u root -ppaSSword | grep -v '^Database$') )