So, I've got a MySQL database consisting of a bunch of tables that I want to give to my uncle.
Problem is, he doesn't know much about computers, so I can't just hook him up with the database.
Instead, I would like to extract all the data from the database into a more readable format, e.g. Excel spreadsheets.
I've tried mysqldump, but that just gives me a *.sql file which doesn't help much.
Any ideas?
If you only have command line, this answer explains how to dump into a tab delimited and this answer how to dump into a comma delimited file. You can then import the tab delimited file into Excel.
Alternatively, you can use phpMyAdmin to export to *.csv if you have PHP.
PHPmyadmin allows you to Export to many different formats - why don't you access your database through that?
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How I can export a data base from DataGrip at one SQL file as phpmyadmin export?
If I use Dump Data To Files, DataGrip save one table at one file.
And how I can create backup of all MySQL databases, which open in DataGrip?
Old thread here, but for those who may stumble upon it, the newer versions of DataGrip have a new option, "dump with mysqldump", that will let you generate a dump contained in a single .sql output file.
Running DataGrip 2016.2.5 you can select sever tables and right click->Copy DDL. That puts a drop/create script on the clipboard, which you can then paste into a text file.
I just got the DataGrip 2016.2.1 update this morning. It looks like the feature has been added (at least for SQL SERVER, the only one I tested). It wasn't available in the previous version - I tried.
Select a range of tables and right-click on them, or right-click on the database name. The Dump Data to Files option is now there.
Unfortunately, it still dumps to multiple files. But it beats the heck out of right-clicking on each table in turn.
You can now tick "Single File" while choosing "Dump Data to File(s)" in DataGrip 2018.3.1
I receive an access file with multiple tables that I need to import to a MySQL db. I need to either convert all the tables to txt files for loading or need a perl script or something to convert and then I can write out load statements. Doing this manually takes forever and I need to do this for about 20 Access files with 16 tables each. The company where I am at does not want to use anything other than Navicat,Perl Scripts, VB Scripts or straight MySQL code to process this. Any ideas? Something in Access 2007 that can do this for multiple tables instead of the export tool doing one by one?
Any idea or suggestion will help.
You can download this utility to help you to convert an access file into a sql file. Now, you can import a sql file into mySQL.
I have a supervisor who has a very annoying habit of editing our MySQL database in MS Excel. He does this by exporting the tables as a CSV, opening them in Excel, editing them, saving as a CSV, and re-importing. But there are some incompatibilities between PHPMyAdmin/MySQL and Excel, and so far this has led to two major system crashes (once because he tried to import an entire database from a CSV, which obviously makes no sense since CSVs don't delineate tables; and once because Excel added two extra rows to the CSV with incompatible data).
Since he refuses to listen when I tell him to stop doing this, I'd like to disable CSV import on his copy of PHPMyAdmin. We still need to be able to import SQL files, though. Is there any way to specifically disable imports of CSV files? In the PHPMyAdmin settings, I see that you can set default values, but how can I just disable that format altogether?
Go into the PHPMyAdmin source code and comment out the body of the function that handles CSV? It looks like commenting out line 121 of config.values.php will sort you. Let me know if you need further assistance.
One of our customer has an Access database in his own server and I need to import it to a linux server with mysql in my own server.
In other words, I need to convert Access to mysql commands (inserts basically).
I've tried the DBWScript which works fine although it does not allow to export only one table. It exports all tables. What I'm doing now is exporting all the tables to a sql file and then I filter it taking only the inserts I really need.
I'd like to know if anybody knows a software like DBWScript that can be run in console-mode and permits to export only one table from a database, because that table has a lot of rows (up to 100.000) and it has no sense to export all the other tables if I am not going to use them. That increases the conversion time a lot.
I finally used a software called "Bullzip MS Access to MySQL" and it works like a charm!
This is the author's website: http://www.bullzip.com/products/a2m/info.php
It allows yo to select the desired table and desired columns in different tables, apart from creating a batch script to automate the process.
You can try Data Import tool in dbForge Studio for SQL Server.
Open Data Import wizard, select MS Access format, specify other options and save template file. Then use this template file (*.dit) in command line mode.
You can try using tips to converting MS Access to MySQL
I'm using Firebird database and I need to load Excel file into a database table. I need a tool that does this well. I tried some I found on Google, but all of them have some bugs.
Since Excel data is not created by me, it would be good if it could scan the file and discover what kind of data is inside and suggest a table to be created in the database.
Also, it would be nice if I could compare the file against the data that is already in the database table, and I can pick which data to load and which not.
Tools that load CSV files are also fine, I can "Save as" CSV from Excel before loading.
Well, if you can use CSV, the I guess XMLWizard is the right tool for you. It can load a CSV file and compare with database data. And you can select the changes you wish to make to the table.
Don't let the name fool you, it does work with XML, but it also works very well with CSV files. And it can also estimate the column datatypes and offer CREATE TABLE statement for your file.
Have you tried FSQL?
It's a freeware very similar to Firebird's standard ISQL, but with some extra features, like import data from CSV files.
I've used it with DBF files and it worked fine.
There is also EMS Data import tool for Firebird and Interbase
http://www.sqlmanager.net/en/products/ibfb/dataimport
Not free, though, but it accepts a big variety of formats, including CSV and Excel.
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Another similar payware tool is Firebird Data Wizard http://www.sqlmaestro.com/products/firebird/datawizard/
There are some online tools which can help you to generate DDL/DML scripts from csv header/sample dump file, check out: http://www.convertcsv.com/csv-to-sql.htm
You can then use sql-workbench's Data Pumper or WbImport Tool from command line.
Orbada has GUI which support for importing csv file also.
DBeaver Free edition also support importing csv out of the box.
BULK INSERT
Other way is on Excell you build formula in new cells with data you want to export. The formula consists to format in strings and lenght to your field according lenght your field in firebird. So you can copy all this cells from excell and past on txt editor, so is possible to use the strategy of BULK INSERT in Firebird.
See more details in http://www.firebirdfaq.org/faq209/
The problem is if you have blob or null data to import, so see if you have this kind of values and if this way is to you.
If you have formated data in txt file, BULK INSERT will be quick way.
Hint: You can too to disable trigger and index associated with your table to accelerate BULK INSERT, and after enable them.
Roberto Novakosky
I load the excel file to lazarus spreadsheet and then export to firebird db. Everythong is fine and the only problem is fpspreadsheet will consider string field with numbers only as a number field. I can check the titles in the first row to see whether the excel file is valid or not.
As far as I can see all replies so far focus on tools that essentially read the Excel (or CSV) file and uses SQL inserts to insert the records into the Firebird database. While this works, I have always found this approach painstakingly slow.
That's why I created a tool that reads an Excel file and writes one file that has a (text) format suitable for Firebird external table (including support for UTF8 char columns) and one DDL file to create the external table in Firebird.
I then use regular SQL to select from the external table, cast as needed, and insert into whatever normal Firebird table I want. The performance with this approach is orders of magnitude faster than SQL inserts from a client app in my experience.
I would be willing to publish the tool. It's written in C#. Let me know if there's any interest.