Comments on: Import MySQL Dumpfile, SQL Datafile Into My Database

By: EJTH

EJTH — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:12:19 +0000

As i stated in my previous comment this method is more correct, and works better on large database dumps:

# mysql -h localhost -u [mysqlusername]
Enter password: [your pass]

Then type in:
use database_name
source dump.sql

By: waqas

waqas — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:00:41 +0000

Tried everything, I am having the following error while importing a mysql db dump on command line. the file is around over 300 MB. I have imported the same file in centos a while ago. But now having this problem. Any help plz, I can’t change the db dump file.

“error 1064 (42000) you have an error in your sql syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your mysql server version.”

thanks

By: Vivek Gite

Vivek Gite — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:05:35 +0000

The commands are same. Let us say your table name is page, database name is wikidb and dump file is called page.sql. To import page.sql into wikidb.page table type:

mysql -u root -h localhost -p wikidb < page.sql

The above command will delete all data from page table and will import a new set of data from page.sql. Hope this helps!

By: PHP Redstorm

PHP Redstorm — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:12:32 +0000

It was really helpful to import database using command line.

Thank you very much ;-)

Keep Posting!!!

By: Justin DoCanto

Justin DoCanto — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:18:29 +0000

forgot how to do this off the top of my head. this post came up on google. just saved my ass. thanks guys

By: John

John — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 11:38:54 +0000

Same here. phpmyadmin needed 10 mins. And now…well below 3 seconds. So awesome.

By: Luis Santana

Luis Santana — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:38:03 +0000

/bin/mysql [Database Name] < /home/sandeep/software/[file-name].sql

That is the proper command

By: Sean P. O. MacCath-Moran

Sean P. O. MacCath-Moran — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 23:45:38 +0000

Thanks Ejth – I was scouring the web for a large file solution and had completely forgot about this approach; your refresher was timely and HUGELY helpful. =o)

By: florin

florin — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:57:14 +0000

Just wanna thank EJTH – only his method worked for me.
Thanks,

By: Rajgopal H.G.

Rajgopal H.G. — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:37:03 +0000

Thanks a lot. I was missing the -h in the command
$ mysql -u username -p -h localhost data-base-name < data.sql

By: magi

magi — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 09:19:38 +0000

How can I make a sql file, where is stored my database, using mysql command line?
Thanks.

By: Trajcevski Filip

Trajcevski Filip — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 07:48:02 +0000

You have to get the mySql dump file.
Option 1:
-Copy the dump file to MySql instalation directory\MySql Server x.x\bin
-Open command prompt, and go to MySql instalation directory\MySql Server x.x\bin directory.
-Run “mysql -uroot -ppassword databaseName < dumpFileName.sql"
IMPORTANT: dont leave spaces between -u and user or -p and password…
Option 2:
-add mysql from MySql instalation directory\MySql Server x.x\bin to system enviorment variables
-Open command prompt and go to the directory where your dump file is
-Run "mysql -uroot -ppassword databaseName < dumpFileName.sql"
IMPORTANT: dont leave spaces between -u and user or -p and password…

By: EJTH

EJTH — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 09:24:10 +0000

use this approach instead, as i mentioned in my previous post the method mentioned in this article has problems with huge imports:

mysql -h localhost -u [mysqlusername]
Enter password: [your pass]
use database_name
source dump.sql

By: joomlavui

joomlavui — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 08:39:34 +0000

ERROR 1153 (08S01) at line 17005: Got a packet bigger than ‘max_allowed_packet’ bytes

By: mohsen

mohsen — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 08:26:35 +0000

Thank you for the guidance.
It seems what really works is
mysql -u user -ppassword
and not
mysql -u user -p password

I hope the author can change the initial document. It took me about 30 minutes to understand I should remove the space

By: mtg169

mtg169 — Tue, 31 May 2011 20:52:37 +0000

use mysql -u username -p databasename That will prompt you for the password and is more secure as the password will not be stored in plain-text in your bash history. If you want to supply the password, simply remove the space after -p and the the password, so -pyourpassword.

By: bunty

bunty — Thu, 26 May 2011 08:12:31 +0000

i used “mysql -u username -p pass databasename < file_new.sql"

and found error

You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near..

please help

By: Ejth

Ejth — Thu, 19 May 2011 14:12:00 +0000

DO NOT direct the contents of a large SQL dump to mysql with like in this article:
mysql -u username -p -h localhost data-base-name < data.sql

This will probably fail if your database is huge (like mine, its about 1.5gb)

instead use this approach:

mysql -h localhost -u [mysqlusername]
Enter password: [your pass]
use database_name
source dump.sql

This will handle huge files with no problems.

By: Farshid

Farshid — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:22:36 +0000

Thanks. This was very helpful. A quick reminder.
Do keep up the good work.

By: vikas gautam

vikas gautam — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 07:27:02 +0000

thank for hte information but where is the script