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Batch import XML documents to MySQL TEXT (CLOB) column
Run DBBlobEditor, login to MySQL.
Click “Start New Task – Import LOB From Files” at task dialog.
then show the wizard.
1. Configure import XML settings.
2. Bulk import XML files to MySQL TEXT (CLOB).
then you can see importing results
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XML → MySQL reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in XML | in MySQL |
|---|---|---|
| Int | <int>1234</int> | INT |
| Bigint | <bigint>9007199254740993</bigint> | BIGINT |
| Decimal | <decimal>1234.56</decimal> | DECIMAL(p,s) |
| Float | <float>1.234e10</float> | DOUBLE |
| Text | <char>text</char> | VARCHAR(n) |
| Long text | <text>multi-line text</text> (entities for & <) | LONGTEXT |
| Date | <date>2026-09-18</date> (xs:date with an XSD) | DATE |
| Datetime | <datetime>2026-09-18T14:30:00Z</datetime> (xs:dateTime) | DATETIME |
| Binary | <blob>base64...</blob> (xs:base64Binary) | LONGBLOB |
| Boolean | <bool>true</bool> | TINYINT(1) |
| JSON | escaped inside an element, or its own sub-tree | JSON |
Dialect differences
XML is a file format and MySQL 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 XML | in MySQL |
|---|---|---|
| port | — | 3306 |
| identifiers | Attribute values in quotes; entities (& < >) for ... | `backtick` |
| row limit | — | LIMIT n |
| dates | Text (xs:date / xs:dateTime when an XSD is in play) | DATETIME, TIMESTAMP, DATE, TIME |
| long text | — | TINYTEXT / TEXT / MEDIUMTEXT / LONGTEXT |
| binary | base64Binary / hexBinary inside text | BLOB / TINYBLOB / LONGBLOB |
| separator | Tags, not delimiters | — |
| encoding | Declared in the XML declaration | — |
| typing | None in the markup itself | — |
| shape | Arbitrary tree | Tables of rows and columns |
| 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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