Want to batch import data from SQL files to Percona?
Try Withdata FileToDB, a SQL file to Percona converter for Windows, MacOS, and Linux, Easy and Fast, Even other type database SQL.
- Can run in GUI mode, Step by Step, just a few mouse clicks.
- Can run in Command line, for Scheduled Tasks and Streams.
- Import SQL to Percona locally and privately, avoid uploading SQL file(s) to online services.
- Support Windows, Linux, and macOS.
Batch import data from SQL files to Percona
Choose Percona and logon.
Click “Wizard – N Files To 1 Table” at task dialog.
Select the “SQL” file type.
then show the wizard.
1. Select a folder that constains SQL files.
2. Config first SQL file importing options.
3. Select a Percona table and config fields.
4. Preview data.
5. Import SQL files to the Percona table.
View imported data
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See also:
SQL → Percona reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in SQL | in Percona |
|---|---|---|
| Float | DOUBLE PRECISION | DOUBLE |
| Long text | TEXT / CLOB | LONGTEXT |
| Datetime | TIMESTAMP | DATETIME |
| Binary | BLOB / BYTEA | LONGBLOB |
| Boolean | BOOLEAN / SMALLINT | TINYINT(1) |
| JSON | JSON / TEXT | JSON |
Dialect differences
SQL is a file format and Percona is a database server, so the target has to be told the types the file never carried - the rows below are where the two sides diverge.
| Property | in SQL | in Percona |
|---|---|---|
| port | — | 3306 |
| identifiers | Two competing conventions: single-quoted literals and diale... | `backtick` |
| row limit | — | LIMIT n |
| dates | Depends on the dialect: DATE literals, TO_DATE(), or plain ... | DATETIME, TIMESTAMP, DATE, TIME |
| long text | — | TINYTEXT / TEXT / MEDIUMTEXT / LONGTEXT |
| binary | Dialect-specific: X-quoted literal, 0x hex, or decode() | BLOB / TINYBLOB / LONGBLOB |
| separator | Statement terminators (;) | — |
| encoding | No declaration | — |
| typing | Types belong to the target database, and they differ betwee... | — |
| shape | Statements; a dump usually means CREATE TABLE plus INSERT rows | Tables of rows and columns |
| ceiling | No formal limit, but a single INSERT statement has to fit i... | — |
Command line
| Side | Command |
|---|---|
| Percona | mysqldump |
| Percona (load) | mysqlimport, or LOAD DATA INFILE |
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