The author selected the Free and Open Source Fund to receive a donation as part of the Write for DOnations program. Show IntroductionImporting and exporting databases is a common task in software development. You can use data dumps to back up and restore your information. You can also use them to migrate data to a new server or development environment. In this tutorial, you will work with database dumps in MySQL or MariaDB (the commands are interchangeable). Specifically, you will export a database and then import that database from the dump file. PrerequisitesTo import or export a MySQL or MariaDB database, you will need:
Note: As an alternative to manual installation, you can explore the DigitalOcean Marketplace’s MySQL One-Click Application. Step 1 — Exporting a MySQL or MariaDB DatabaseThe Use
The command will produce no visual output, but you can inspect the contents of Run the following command:
The top of the file should look similar to this, showing a MySQL dump for a database named
If any errors occur during the export process, Step 2 — Importing a MySQL or MariaDB DatabaseTo import an existing dump file into MySQL or MariaDB, you will have to create a new database. This database will hold the imported data. First, log in to MySQL as root or another user with sufficient privileges to create new databases:
This command will bring you into the MySQL shell prompt. Next, create a new database with the following command. In
this example, the new database is called
You’ll see this output confirming the database creation.
Then exit the MySQL shell by pressing
If the command runs successfully, it won’t produce any output. If any errors occur during the process, ConclusionIn this tutorial you created a database dump from a MySQL or MariaDB database. You then imported
that data dump into a new database. To learn more about MySQL, check out our MySQL resource page. To learn more about MySQL queries, check out our tutorial, “An Introduction to Queries in MySQL”. How do I export an entire MySQL database?Click “Server” in the toolbar. Choose Data Export. Pick the tables you want to export. If you don't want to save the exported data file in your default directory, choose another one under “Export Options”
How do I create a .SQL file in MySQL?If you want to create a new database for the SQL file, you can do it with the following command: mysql> CREATE DATABASE DatabaseName; To create a MySQL user and assign a new password to it, run the following command: mysql> CREATE USER 'DatabaseUser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
How do I export a SQL file from MySQL workbench?Create a backup using MySQL Workbench. Connect to your MySQL database.. Click Server on the main tool bar.. Select Data Export.. Select the tables you want to back up.. Under Export Options, select where you want your dump saved. ... . Click Start Export. ... . You now have a backup version of your site.. Can you convert MySQL to SQL Server?To convert MySQL objects to SQL Server or SQL Azure syntax
In MySQL Metadata Explorer, expand the MySQL server, and then expand Databases. Select objects to convert: To convert all schemas, select the check box next to Databases. To convert or omit a database, select the check box next to the Database name.
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