Rename MySQL database [duplicate] - mysql

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How do I rename a MySQL database (change schema name)?
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I created a database with the name of hrms. Now I need to change database name to sunhrm. But, It is disabled in MySQL workbench. Can I do that on the Linux server itself?


In case you need to do that from the command line, just copy, adapt & paste this snippet:
mysql -e "CREATE DATABASE \`new_database\`;"
for table in `mysql -B -N -e "SHOW TABLES;" old_database`
do
mysql -e "RENAME TABLE \`old_database\`.\`$table\` to \`new_database\`.\`$table\`"
done
mysql -e "DROP DATABASE \`old_database\`;"


I don't think you can do this. Basic answers will work in many cases, and in others cause data corruptions. A strategy needs to be chosen based on heuristic analysis of your database. That is the reason this feature was implemented, and then removed. [doc]
You'll need to dump all object types in that database, create the newly named one and then import the dump. If this is a live system you'll need to take it down. If you cannot, then you will need to setup replication from this database to the new one.
If you want to see the commands that could do this, #satishD has the details, which conveys some of the challenges around which you'll need to build a strategy that matches your target database.


It's possible to copy database via mysqldump command without storing dump into file:
mysql -u root -p -e "create database my_new_database"
mysqldump -u root -p original_database | mysql -u root -p my_new_database
mysql -u root -p -e "drop database original_database"


You can create a new database exactly as the previous database existed and then drop the old database when you're done. Use the mysqldump tool to create a .sql backup of the database via mysqldump orig_db > orig_db.sql or if you need to use a username and password then run mysqldump -u root -p orig_db > orig_db.sql. orig_db is the name of the database you want to "rename", root would be the user you're logging in as and orig_db.sql would be the file created containing the backup. Now create a new, empty database with the name you want for the database. For example, mysql -u root -p -e "create database new_db". Once that's done, then run mysql -u root -p new_db < orig_db.sql. new_db now exists as a perfect copy of orig_db. You can then drop the original database as you now have it existing in the new database with the database name you wanted.
The short, quick steps without all the above explanation are:
mysqldump -u root -p original_database > original_database.sql
mysql -u root -p -e "create database my_new_database"
mysql -u root -p my_new_database < original_database.sql
mysql -u root -p -e drop database originl_database
Hope this helps and this is a reliable means to accomplish it without using some ad-hoc method that will corrupt your data and create inconsistencies.


You can do it by RENAME statement for each table in your "current_db" after create the new schema "other_db"
RENAME TABLE current_db.tbl_name TO other_db.tbl_name
Source Rename Table Syntax


In short no. It is generally thought to be too dangerous to rename a database. MySQL had that feature for a bit, but it was removed. You would be better off using the workbench to export both the schema and data to SQL then changing the CREATE DATABASE name there before you run/import it.


I used following method to rename the database
take backup of the file using mysqldump or any DB tool eg heidiSQL,mysql administrator etc
Open back up (eg backupfile.sql) file in some text editor.
Search and replace the database name and save file.
Restore the edited SQL file


If your DB contains only MyISAM tables (do not use this method if you have InnoDB tables):
shut down the MySQL server
go to the mysql data directory and rename the database directory (Note: non-alpha characters need to be encoded in a special way)
restart the server
adjust privileges if needed (grant access to the new DB name)
You can script it all in one command so that downtime is just a second or two.


For impatient mysql users (like me), the solution is:
/etc/init.d/mysql stop
mv /var/lib/mysql/old_database /var/lib/mysql/new_database
/etc/init.d/mysql start


First backup the old database called HRMS and edit the script file with replace the word HRMS to SUNHRM. After this step import the database file to the mysql


Another way to rename the database or taking image of the database is by using Reverse engineering option in the database tab. It will create a ERR diagram for the database. Rename the schema there.
after that go to file menu and go to export and forward engineer the database.
Then you can import the database.

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mysqldump does not want import data inside mariadb [duplicate]

I was given a MySQL database file that I need to restore as a database on my Windows Server 2008 machine.
I tried using MySQL Administrator, but I got the following error:
The selected file was generated by
mysqldump and cannot be restored by
this application.
How do I get this working?

If the database you want to restore doesn't already exist, you need to create it first.
On the command-line, if you're in the same directory that contains the dumped file, use these commands (with appropriate substitutions):
C:\> mysql -u root -p
mysql> create database mydb;
mysql> use mydb;
mysql> source db_backup.dump;

It should be as simple as running this:
mysql -u <user> -p < db_backup.dump
If the dump is of a single database you may have to add a line at the top of the file:
USE <database-name-here>;
If it was a dump of many databases, the use statements are already in there.
To run these commands, open up a command prompt (in Windows) and cd to the directory where the mysql.exe executable is (you may have to look around a bit for it, it'll depend on how you installed mysql, i.e. standalone or as part of a package like WAMP). Once you're in that directory, you should be able to just type the command as I have it above.

You simply need to run this:
mysql -p -u[user] [database] < db_backup.dump
If the dump contains multiple databases you should omit the database name:
mysql -p -u[user] < db_backup.dump
To run these commands, open up a command prompt (in Windows) and cd to the directory where the mysql.exe executable is (you may have to look around a bit for it, it'll depend on how you installed mysql, i.e. standalone or as part of a package like WAMP). Once you're in that directory, you should be able to just type the command.

mysql -u username -p -h localhost DATA-BASE-NAME < data.sql
look here - step 3: this way you dont need the USE statement

When we make a dump file with mysqldump, what it contains is a big SQL script for recreating the databse contents. So we restore it by using starting up MySQL’s command-line client:
mysql -uroot -p
(where root is our admin user name for MySQL), and once connected to the database we need commands to create the database and read the file in to it:
create database new_db;
use new_db;
\. dumpfile.sql
Details will vary according to which options were used when creating the dump file.

Run the command to enter into the DB
# mysql -u root -p
Enter the password for the user Then Create a New DB
mysql> create database MynewDB;
mysql> exit
And make exit.Afetr that.Run this Command
# mysql -u root -p MynewDB < MynewDB.sql
Then enter into the db and type
mysql> show databases;
mysql> use MynewDB;
mysql> show tables;
mysql> exit
Thats it ........ Your dump will be restored from one DB to another DB
Or else there is an Alternate way for dump restore
# mysql -u root -p
Then enter into the db and type
mysql> create database MynewDB;
mysql> show databases;
mysql> use MynewDB;
mysql> source MynewDB.sql;
mysql> show tables;
mysql> exit

If you want to view the progress of the dump try this:
pv -i 1 -p -t -e /path/to/sql/dump | mysql -u USERNAME -p DATABASE_NAME
You'll of course need 'pv' installed. This command works only on *nix.

I got it to work following these steps…
Open MySQL Administrator and connect to server
Select "Catalogs" on the left
Right click in the lower-left box and choose "Create New Schema"
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Name the new schema (example: "dbn")
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Open Windows Command Prompt (cmd)
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Change directory to MySQL installation folder
Execute command:
mysql -u root -p dbn < C:\dbn_20080912.dump
…where "root" is the name of the user, "dbn" is the database name, and "C:\dbn_20080912.dump" is the path/filename of the mysqldump .dump file
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Enjoy!

As a specific example of a previous answer:
I needed to restore a backup so I could import/migrate it into SQL Server. I installed MySql only, but did not register it as a service or add it to my path as I don't have the need to keep it running.
I used windows explorer to put my dump file in C:\code\dump.sql. Then opened MySql from the start menu item. Created the DB, then ran the source command with the full path like so:
mysql> create database temp
mysql> use temp
mysql> source c:\code\dump.sql

You can try SQLyog 'Execute SQL script' tool to import sql/dump files.

Using a 200MB dump file created on Linux to restore on Windows w/ mysql 5.5 , I had more success with the
source file.sql
approach from the mysql prompt than with the
mysql < file.sql
approach on the command line, that caused some Error 2006 "server has gone away" (on windows)
Weirdly, the service created during (mysql) install refers to a my.ini file that did not exist. I copied the "large" example file to my.ini
which I already had modified with the advised increases.
My values are
[mysqld]
max_allowed_packet = 64M
interactive_timeout = 250
wait_timeout = 250

./mysql -u <username> -p <password> -h <host-name like localhost> <database-name> < db_dump-file

You cannot use the Restore menu in MySQL Admin if the backup / dump wasn't created from there. It's worth a shot though. If you choose to "ignore errors" with the checkbox for that, it will say it completed successfully, although it clearly exits with only a fraction of rows imported...this is with a dump, mind you.

One-liner command to restore the generated SQL from mysqldump
mysql -u <username> -p<password> -e "source <path to sql file>;"

Assuming you already have the blank database created, you can also restore a database from the command line like this:
mysql databasename < backup.sql

You can also use the restore menu in MySQL Administrator. You just have to open the back-up file, and then click the restore button.

If you are already inside mysql prompt and assume your dump file dump.sql, then we can also use command as below to restore the dump
mysql> \. dump.sql
If your dump size is larger set max_allowed_packet value to higher. Setting this value will help you to faster restoring of dump.

How to Restore MySQL Database with MySQLWorkbench
You can run the drop and create commands in a query tab.
Drop the Schema if it Currently Exists
DROP DATABASE `your_db_name`;
Create a New Schema
CREATE SCHEMA `your_db_name`;
Open Your Dump File
Click the Open an SQL script in a new query tab icon and choose your db dump file.
Then Click Run SQL Script...
It will then let you preview the first lines of the SQL dump script.
You will then choose the Default Schema Name
Next choose the Default Character Set utf8 is normally a safe bet, but you may be able to discern it from looking at the preview lines for something like character_set.
Click Run
Be patient for large DB restore scripts and watch as your drive space melts away! 🎉

Local mysql:
mysql -u root --password=YOUR_PASS --database=YOUR_DB < ./dump.sql
And if you use docker:
docker exec -i DOCKER_NAME mysql -u root --password=YOUR_PASS --database=YOUR_DB < ./dump.sql

Importing a MySQL Database on Localhost

So I wanted to format my system and I had a lot of works that I have done on my localhost that involves databases. I followed the normal way of backing up the database by exporting it into an SQL file but I think I made a mess by making a mistake of backing up everything in one SQL file (I mean the whole localhost was exported to just one SQL file).
The problem now is: when I try to import the backed up file I mean the (localhost.sql), I get an error like
tables already exist.
information_schema
performance_schema
an every other tables that comes with Xampp, which has been preventing me from importing the database.
These tables are the phpmyadmin tables that came with Xampp. I have been trying to get past this for days.
My question now is that can I extract different databases from the same compiled SQL database file?

To import a database you can do following things:
mysql -u username -p database_name < /path/to/database.sql
From within mysql:
mysql> use database_name;
mysql> source database.sql;

The error is quite self-explanatory. The tables information_schema and performance_schema are already in the MySQL server instance that you are trying to import to.
Both of these databases are default in MySQL, so it is strange that you would be trying to import these into another MySQL installation. The basic syntax to create a .sql file to import from the command line is:
$ mysqldump -u [username] -p [database name] > sqlfile.sql
Or for multiple databases:
$ mysqldump --databases db1 db2 db3 > sqlfile.sql
Then to import them into another MySQL installation:
$ mysql -u [username] -p [database name] < sqlfile.sql
If the database already exists in MySQL then you need to do:
$ mysqlimport -u [username] -p [database name] sqlfile.sql
This seems to be the command you want to use, however I have never replaced the information_schema or performance_schema databases, so I'm unsure if this will cripple your MySQL installation or not.
So an example would be:
$ mysqldump -uDonglecow -p myDatabase > myDatabase.sql
$ mysql -uDonglecow -p myDatabase < myDatabase.sql
Remember not to provide a password on the command line, as this will be visible in plain text in the command history.

The point the previous responders seem to be missing is that the dump file localhost.sql when fed into mysql using
% mysql -u [username] -p [databasename] < localhost.sql
generates multiple databases so specifying a single databasename on the command line is illogical.
I had this problem and my solution was to not specify [databasename] on the command line and instead run:
% mysql -u [username] -p < localhost.sql
which works.
Actually it doesn't work right away because of previous attempts
which did create some structure inside mysql, and those bits in localhost.sql
make mysql complain because they already exist from the first time around, so
now they can't be created on the second time around.
The solution to THAT is to manually edit localhost.sql with modifications like
INSERT IGNORE for INSERT (so it doesn't re-insert the same stuff, nor complain),
CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS for CREATE DATABASE,
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS for CREATE TABLE,
and to delete ALTER TABLE commands entirely if they generate errors because by then
they've already been executed ((and INSERTs and CREATEs perhaps too for the same reasons). You can check the tables with DESCRIBE TABLE and SELECT commands to make sure that the ALTERations, etc. have taken hold, for confidence.
My own localhost.sql file was 300M which my favorite editor emacs complained about, so I had to pull out bits using
% head -n 20000 localhost.sql | tail -n 10000 > 2nd_10k_lines.sql
and go through it 10k lines at a time. It wasn't too hard because drupal was responsible for an enormous amount, the vast majority, of junk in there, and I didn't want to keep any of that, so I could carve away enormous chunks easily.

unzip -p /pathoffile/database_file.zip | mysql -uusername -p databsename;
Best way to import database in localhost has simple 5 steps:
zip sql file first to compress databse size.
go to termianl.
create empty database.
Run Command unzip databse With Import database: unzip -p /pathoffile/database_file.zip | mysql -uusername -p databsename;
Enter Password

Linux - Import SQL File Into Non-Existant Database

Normally I have database already created. So this command line works find:
mysql -h -u -p [databaseName] < dump.sql
I have an import.sql file that has a top query that creates the database, if it doesn't already exist.
Is there a way to import the sql file, but without needing to select a pre-existing database?

Invoke the commandline without specifying the database
mysql -h -u -p < dump.sql
inside dump.sql, after you create the database add
USE databasename;

While creating the dump file using mysqldump you can use the switch --add-drop-database. This will include a statement to drop the database first. So in the subsequent statement, a fresh database will be created since no database with the given name exists
See mysql documentation for more

Exporting a table in mysql

I am doing some prototyping and so created a database with a few tables and dependencies. The project became bigger than I thought and now want to clean up the names, dependencies etc and so want to create the DB anew. But I don't want to go through the whole process of creating individual tables again, instead I want to start with what I have, clean the creation scripts up and run them if possible. Is there a way I can export all the scripts to create the DB and tables? Are there tools or mysql command line options to do this?
Thanks,
-S

This can get you started:
mysqldump -u user -ppassword -h host --no-create-db --no-data [other options] old_database > dump.sql
then you can edit the dump file for any necessary changes and import back into the new database:
mysql -u user -ppassword -h host new_database < dump.sql
More information about the mysqldump #MySQL Reference Manual

I recommend you to look at MySql WorkBench
It can do everything you need
Here's the list of all the features
Reverse Engineer from Live Database
Reverse Engineer from SQL Script
Also, good to mention that it's free (community version)

Backing up a MySQL database and restoring it under another name

I am trying to do some maintenance on MySQL database data and I created a dump file with the backed up current database.
I want to restore all that data into another database called something like original_db_name_test
Is there a command for that?

This depends on how you invoked mysqldump
If you used mysqldump dbname, then your dump contains neither CREATE DATABASE nor USE DATABASE.
Just create the database with the new name and feed the dump to mysql -D new_dbname.
If you used mysqldump --database dbname, then the dump contains CREATE DATABASE and USE DATABASE statements.
You need to comment them out or replace with new_dbname.

mysql -u usernamehere -p original_db_name_test < yourdumpfilehere.sql

If you used mysqldump to create the dump file, simply:
Create a new database (use the mysqladmin command line tool - "mysqladmin create [new database name]").
Edit the dump file to add a "USE [new database name];" at the top. (There might be an existing use statement that's commented out, so you can change this and un-comment it.)
Import the dump into the new table via "mysql -u <user name> -p < [dump file name]".
Incidentally, when creating a dump via mysqldump, I'd be tempted to use the "--add-drop-table" option, as this will cull any existing table with the same name prior to issuing the table creation statement.

you can use the 'MySQL Workbench' Application and do this with a nice gui