Want to export data from multiple similar MySQL tables to one XML file?
Try Withdata DBToFile, a MySQL to XML converter for Windows, Linux, and macOS, Export MySQL data to XML, Easy and Fast.
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- Can run in Command line, for Scheduled Tasks and Streams.
- Support Windows, Linux, and macOS.
Export multiple similar MySQL tables to a single XML file
Login to MySQL -> Select MySQL tables -> Set XML file options -> Export MySQL to XML
Choose MySQL and logon.
Click “Export Similar Tables” at task dialog.
Select XML file type.
1. Select similar MySQL tables.
2. Set XML file options.
3. Set rows options.
4. Export multiple similar MySQL tables to a single XML file.
After exporting, you can view output XML file.
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See also:
MySQL → XML reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in MySQL | in XML |
|---|---|---|
| Int | INT | <int>1234</int> |
| Bigint | BIGINT | <bigint>9007199254740993</bigint> |
| Decimal | DECIMAL(p,s) | <decimal>1234.56</decimal> |
| Float | DOUBLE | <float>1.234e10</float> |
| Text | VARCHAR(n) | <char>text</char> |
| Long text | LONGTEXT | <text>multi-line text</text> (entities for & <) |
| Date | DATE | <date>2026-09-18</date> (xs:date with an XSD) |
| Datetime | DATETIME | <datetime>2026-09-18T14:30:00Z</datetime> (xs:dateTime) |
| Binary | LONGBLOB | <blob>base64...</blob> (xs:base64Binary) |
| Boolean | TINYINT(1) | <bool>true</bool> |
| JSON | JSON | escaped inside an element, or its own sub-tree |
Dialect differences
MySQL is a database server and XML 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 MySQL | in XML |
|---|---|---|
| port | 3306 | — |
| identifiers | `backtick` | Attribute values in quotes; entities (& < >) for ... |
| row limit | LIMIT n | — |
| dates | DATETIME, TIMESTAMP, DATE, TIME | Text (xs:date / xs:dateTime when an XSD is in play) |
| long text | TINYTEXT / TEXT / MEDIUMTEXT / LONGTEXT | — |
| binary | BLOB / TINYBLOB / LONGBLOB | base64Binary / hexBinary inside text |
| separator | — | Tags, not delimiters |
| encoding | — | Declared in the XML declaration |
| typing | — | None in the markup itself |
| shape | Tables of rows and columns | Arbitrary tree |
| ceiling | — | Whole document is usually parsed into memory |
Command line
| Side | Command |
|---|---|
| MySQL | mysqldump, or mysql -e "SELECT ..." > out.csv |
| MySQL (load) | mysqlimport, or LOAD DATA INFILE |
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