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Schedule and automate MariaDB exporting to Excel files task
1. Select and run a task from follow list:
- Export multiple similar MariaDB tables to a single Excel sheet
- Export MariaDB table to Excel
- Export MariaDB to Excel XLSX format
- Export MariaDB query results to Excel
- Export MariaDB tables to Excel sheets in 1 Excel file
- Batch export MariaDB tables to Excel files
- Create Excel report from MariaDB database
- Export MariaDB table to Excel using dynamic filename with current date
- Export MariaDB query to Excel using dynamic filename with current date
2. Save session and create .bat file.
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MariaDB → EXCEL reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in MariaDB | in EXCEL |
|---|---|---|
| Int | INT | 1234 (a real numeric cell) |
| Bigint | BIGINT | 9007199254740993 (exact only while the cell stays text) |
| Decimal | DECIMAL(p,s) | 1234.56 (numeric cell, format controls the displayed decimals) |
| Float | DOUBLE | 1.234E+10 (numeric cell) |
| Text | VARCHAR(n) | text cell; leading zeros survive only if the column is text |
| Long text | LONGTEXT | text cell; wraps inside the cell rather than the row |
| Date | DATE | a serial number plus a date cell format |
| Datetime | DATETIME | a serial number plus a date-time cell format |
| Binary | LONGBLOB | not representable as data |
| Boolean | TINYINT(1) | TRUE / FALSE (a real boolean cell) |
| JSON | JSON | a text cell; the quotes are part of the value |
Dialect differences
MariaDB is a database server and EXCEL is a file format, so the gap is wider than a dialect difference - the rows below are where values and structure stop lining up.
| Property | in MariaDB | in EXCEL |
|---|---|---|
| port | 3306 | — |
| identifiers | `backtick` | Not applicable; a cell holds exactly one value |
| row limit | LIMIT n | — |
| dates | DATETIME, TIMESTAMP, DATE, TIME | Stored as a serial number; only the cell format makes it lo... |
| long text | TINYTEXT / TEXT / MEDIUMTEXT / LONGTEXT | — |
| binary | BLOB / TINYBLOB / LONGBLOB | Only as text or an embedded object, not as a data column |
| separator | — | Cells, not delimiters |
| encoding | — | UTF-8 internally, declared in the package |
| typing | — | Real cell types: text, number, date, boolean, error |
| shape | Tables of rows and columns | Multiple sheets, each a flat grid |
| ceiling | — | 1,048,576 rows x 16,384 columns per sheet; 255 sheets per w... |
Command line
| Side | Command |
|---|---|
| MariaDB | mariadb-dump |
| MariaDB (load) | mariadb-import, or LOAD DATA INFILE |
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